Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Forth Popularity Message-ID: Date: 29 Dec 89 15:26:38 GMT References: <8912282253.AA10230@jade.berkeley.edu> <5851@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 18 > I couldn't agree more. I have said it before, and I say it again, > Forth is the language of choice if you are doing creative programming. Only if you define "creative programming" as "small cute hacks that amuse other Forth programmers". And personally, I think Logo, Lisp or Smalltalk are better choices for that. The only advantage Forth has over Lisp and Smalltalk is that you can build a reasonably fast system that'll run in very little memory. > But if you are working out your own ideas, if you are one of the few > programmers who are in fact highly creative artists, and more to the > point if you are in a position to have creative control of your work > - then you are probably already a Forth programmer. Yes, I've been there. It's great for inspiration. But once you have gotten past that first idea and want to *do* something with it, you need better tools. Sure, you *can* carve a figurine with a cold chisel... -- `-_-' 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