19 Jun
1998
19 Jun
'98
5:03 a.m.
At 03:20 AM 6/19/98 -0400, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
No, Charles Moore created FORTH as a notation system for teaching
mathematics -- it just happened that when the notation system was
converted to a programming language that it became handy for such
things as controlling telescopes.
Far be it from Ward to be contrarian, I'm sure. :-) So you're saying
he created an alternative math notation, called it FORTH, then decided
it would be a good computer language which fortunately could use the
same name, huh?
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>