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Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: FORTH IN THE MARKETPLACE
Message-ID: <26.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP>
Date: 19 Dec 89 04:18:58 GMT
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 Date: 12-17-89 (20:46)              Number: 2674 (Echo)
   To: W.BADEN1 [WIL]                Refer#: NONE
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 W[>(The following communication was given to me, and I am passing it on.
 W[>The author wishes to remain anonymous.)
 ...
 W[>Byte Magazine's special Forth issue was in 1981.  That's a long time
 W[>ago. Computing has gone far since then.
 W[>Forth hasn't.

 I don't normally respond to anonymous misinformation, but given
 Wil's imprimatur, I guess it should be treated as a originating
 from someone with a modicum of good sense.

 The first question to be raised is "compared to what?" C, Pascal,
 Fortran, COBOL? I'm not sure how much one could consider any of
 these as advancing. C and Pascal have gone through periods of
 greater or lesser popularity; Forth hasn't. Is that the
 criterion?  If not, then what?  ANSI standards? Hardware
 implementations? OO extensions? Extensive library additions?
 Books?  What does our unnamed correspondent feel is inadequate or
 missing?
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