Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Forth Programs (was Forth learning curve) Message-ID: <7355@ficc.uu.net> Date: 19 Dec 89 15:37:54 GMT References: <798@mindlink.UUCP> <735@noe.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11 In article <735@noe.UUCP> marc@noe.UUCP (Marc de Groot) writes: > If Forth had been handed to a bunch of hyperactive hackers at UC Berkeley > in 1978 or thereabouts... Sorry to burst your bubble. Marc, but it was. At least there were Forth systems floating around Berkeley in 1979, when I got there. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "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