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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Declining Forth popularity.
Keywords: Forth, changes, extensions, marketing
Message-ID: <7328@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 18 Dec 89 00:55:31 GMT
References: <1989Dec14.013516.24694@tree.uucp> <7318@ficc.uu.net> <1989Dec16.012556.14632@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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Some random comments:

	(1) ANSI Forth standardisation is gonna be a dead end. Forth folks
	    go with popular implementations, which is why FigForth and
	    PolyForth together basically define Forth-83.
	(2) There WAS a micro with Forth as the basic language. It was the
	    Jupiter Ace: basically a Sinclair ZX81 with Forth instead of BASIC.
	(3) Where's the Forth source on the net?

Are there any FORTH source mailservers?

If not, would someone on the Arpanet care to set one up? I've just sent away
for the mailserver software from twwells.com, and you can too. Too many of us
can't FTP.
-- 
`-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.uu.net>.
 'U`  Also <peter@ficc.lonestar.org> or <peter@sugar.lonestar.org>.
"It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier
and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com