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From: dunn@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (John Dunn)
Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer,comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Interactive Adventure Writting Language
Summary: Great project!
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Date: 13 Apr 89 09:48:19 GMT
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The idea of making a specific meta language is one I have been
working with for awhile.  I did a MIDI program where the function
modules resembled the old analog synthesizer modules.  For my money,
the best place to work from is the grea area between language and
generalized tool.  I am currently working on a generalized art package
that starts at the outer level looking like a simple system on the order
of "PC-Paint", and ends up as a meta language.
...I, too am leaning toward FORTH.  I particularly like LMI's UR/FORTH
for the 386 Protected Mode.  It has the room to do some serious FORTH
programming.  What I don't like is that FORTH code is hard to maintain, 
no one likes other peoples FORTH code.
...Also, the arguments for Object Oriented languages are making a lot
of sense to me.  I have worked with Lisp and Flavors, am now looking
at Actor and Smalltalk-80.  
...In the FORTH world there is HMSL, and the object language it is 
built upon.  It is lean and mean.  I am in the process (although 
slowly) of porting HMSL from the Mac to the 386.
...Best of luck with your project.  It sounds like a neat one
to be working on.