8-bit FORTH - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Nov 1998

From: 	dave dameron[SMTP:ddameron@earthlink.net]
Subject: 	Re: 8-bit FORTH

...
  the right
balance of control - not as terse as assembly, and
not as handcuff'd as BASIC.
 I found FORTH to be _more_ terse than any other language, except maybe
APL.
I tried a forth computer  80188 SBC with FORTH in EPROM (Used in the 

Ah, won't argue with that. As was pointed out, one loves or hates it,
sometimes get branded a 'religion', uses the HP calc style 'reverse
polish' stack, etc. I'm not aware of many 'killer apps' written in
FORTH, it seems to live in real-time controllers, telescopes, etc.

...
 they could write on a single line. Very difficult to
read!!!
476#!@NXDUP&+
(just joking) 
One of the points in the TIL book was you can make your language
as custom and weird as you want - if you want '$' to mean 'add two
numbers', go for it. Some places call that 'job security'.   :>

	Chuck
	cswiger(a)widomaker.com