Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> writes Re: The Promise of Forth [..] Egmont Woizel once had a customer who really wanted Matlab. The customer added requirement after requirement, and Egmont implemented all of it, but in the end, the customer took Matlab. "I need eig() and expm() and plot the results with surfl()" (not unreasonable at all for ...

...Forth would lie. [%%X] The promise of Forth should be manifest more in... doing it all himself. Three Forth experts can cooperate well, particularly when... each individual programmer would use. Forth is OK for big projects. ... it appears the experience with Forth for big projects involves first ...://Paul_E.Benn...@topmail.co.uk> Forth based HIDECS Consultancy Mob: +44 ...

...One of the original promises of Forth was that you could...all. Companies who hired hobbyist Forth programmers got pot luck -- some...at all. And note, this was not a promise of the...language* but of the original Forth *system*. That system design is...is a constantly moving target. Forth system models have expanded since...the asymetric umbilical system model, Forth as a development language for...

... Planner version delivered what Lotus promised, sooner. Lotus sued on the... at the time was that Forth might provide a way to...One of the original promises of Forth was that you could...all. Companies who hired hobbyist Forth programmers got pot luck -- some...programmers. If there were enough Forth programmers exploring every new thing...to avoid Windows completely. So Forth hobbyists tended to play with...

....nl (Marcel Hendrix) wrote: Bruce McFarling <agil...@netscape.net> writes Re: The Promise of Forth (Doty) Is there any time penalty on the locals? Not too ...this and can be near the speed of the \ FORTH> TEST \ mu/_a : 4.498 seconds elapsed. ( ...need. Just curious, if addressability is not a Forth-94 entitlement, why aren't LOCALS the register-able...

On Mar 26, 1:16 pm, m...@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) wrote: Jonah Thomas <jethom...@gmail.com> writes Re: The Promise of Forth (Doty) [..] Perhaps the problem is that it doesn't have enough locals? Maybe with more locals it would be easier to read? Maybe if they have better names? : mu/ 0 0...

Bruce McFarling <agila61@netscape.net> writes Re: The Promise of Forth (Doty) [..] Is there any time penalty on the locals? Not too much. In iForth it is possible to take .../_c : " TIMER-RESET #100000000 0 DO 33. #17 mu/_c 2DROP LOOP .ELAPSED ; \ FORTH> TEST \ mu/_a : 4.498 seconds elapsed. \ mu/_b : 3.101 seconds elapsed. ...

Jonah Thomas <jethomas5@gmail.com> writes Re: The Promise of Forth (Doty) [..] Perhaps the problem is that it doesn't have enough locals? Maybe with more locals it would be easier to read? Maybe if they have better names? : mu/ 0 0 { lower-dividend upper-dividend divisor upper-remainder upper-quotient } upper-dividend 0 ...

..., Marcel Hendrix wrote: Duke Normandin <dukeofperl@ml1.net> writes Re: The Promise of Forth [..] So what'll it be? Are ... is? That collectively the current bunch of Forth hackers are doing an outstanding job mobilising the strengths of Forth and actively promoting the usefullness of Forth ... it is, how is it working for Forth so far? Is anybody listening yet? --...

Duke Normandin <dukeofperl@ml1.net> writes Re: The Promise of Forth [..] So what'll it be? Are you guys going to continue along the sophist path to extinction if not utter irrelevance, or are you willing to at least _try_ to get your shit together? You are pointing at us, while it is let's-do-it enthusiasts like you that ...