Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!amdahl!oliveb!intelca!mipos3!td2cad!raino From: raino@td2cad.intel.com (Rodger Raino) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: FORTH or SmallTalk Keywords: SmallTalk infix Message-ID: <1123@td2cad.intel.com> Date: 9 Sep 88 17:35:44 GMT References: <484@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> Reply-To: raino@td2cad.UUCP (Rodger Raino) Organization: Intel TD, Santa Clara CA Lines: 20 In article <484@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> gandreas@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Glenn Andreas) writes: >What's wrong with expanding Forth to include some of the >things that you want in a programming environment (such as a >pre-processor). And hey, maybe some other people will think this is neat >and want it too. Nothing is wrong with doing that. In fact that is the central idea behind the language. But there is a big difference between what you *can* do and what you *must* do. Everything is permitted but very little is required. The Colonel says the stack underflow Don't worry, be happy. rodger -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ i know i'm a bad speller, don't waste FlameWidth pointing out old news intel agrees with this, but not necessarly anything above the line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .