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From: dwp@willett.UUCP (Doug Philips)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Forth standards - just how standard CAN you make it??
Message-ID: <230.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 90 20:24:53 GMT
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One thing that strikes me as curious is the reaction to the upcoming
ANSI standard.  One of the more amusing things about comp.std.c is how
someone will post saying 'The standard breaks <X>'.  The response is
almost always:  'The standard only documents that <X> is already broken.'
(or 'The standard only documents that <X> is not portable.')

Since I've only been reading comp.lang.forth for a short time, I'm sure this
has come up before.  Could someone send me (or send me pointers to) the
articles about:
	why Forth was brought to ANSI for standardization, and what
	    the politics were.
	Is it a coincidence that 'C' came up at about the same time?
	Is this a step in the maturation process of the language?
	Is it time for Forth to mature some more?
	Can it mature and still be Forth?


Thanks in advance,
		Doug

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