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From: neal@druhi.ATT.COM (Neal D. McBurnett)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: type checking (I want PostScript)
Message-ID: <3566@druhi.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Sep 88 14:14:33 GMT
References: <17702@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Denver CO
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I see strong parallels between Forth and PostScript(tm).  In most respects,
PostScript is much better for significant development efforts: type
checking, object-orientation, readability, etc.  It may be less efficient
in stack usage, but I see no other basic advantage to forth.

I'm amazed that there is still no product to let me develop forth-like
applications in PostScript.  I don't need all the graphics stuff that is
in PostScript, and which makes it so large and difficult to implement.  I just
want a fast, interpreted environment which doesn't have the horrible
block-structured forth file system and lack of type checking.

I'm willing to pay - where are the vendors?  Start off with the PC and
Mac markets.

-Neal McBurnett, att!druhi!neal