30 Jan
2006
30 Jan
'06
2:49 p.m.
On Monday 30 January 2006 02:03 pm, Richard wrote:
In article <200601301050080652.435B73FC at
10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
In spite of what I hear about it being designed for that kind of app
(originally for telesscope control?) the stuff I've gotten so far seems to be
remarkably weak in terms of i/o operations, with a LOT (way too much) being
devoted to console-I/O type stuff. Which doesn't help a whole lot when you
don't have a console...
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
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M Dakin
I first saw Forth as STOIC under CP/M. [...]
My impression is that the suitability for a
task decreases quickly as the task size increases.
I'd say that's accurate. FORTH was designed for microprocessor
control in embedded systems. People have added all kinds of layers on
top of the kernel over the years, but its typeless nature gets kind of
grungy in larger applications.