28 Feb
2005
28 Feb
'05
1:14 p.m.
Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
Hi
Born in the year of the transistor.
Gasp ... Now I have to look that up!
For a long time, I tried to convince people how right
Forth
was compared to other languages. I've since come to realize
that people all think differently. Some like the comfort of
natural languages ( BASIC ) while others like the compactness
of programs ( APL ). Some feel that millions can't be wrong ( C ),
while others like to explore the abstract ( SmallTalk ).
I like FIG-Forth but not any of that newer stuff. I have not found I
language
I like -- most are too BIG for my liking since I tend to look the hardware
of small machines. C was nice until it got standardised.
I just like to get working programs as quick as I can
so I
can fiddle some more with the hardware. Each to their own.
I split 50% between simple hardware and unbloated software. I'm still
loking for
a nice language to bootstrap my homebrew hardware with.
Dwight
Ben alias woodelf.