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Group: comp.lang.forth · Group Profile
Author: Marcel HendrixMarcel Hendrix Date: Aug 26, 2008 13:16
John Passaniti JapanIsShinto.com> writes Re: a relational database done in forth would r0ck
[..]> It also needs to be pointed out the key here is knowing the strategies,
> not using Forth. This is the point I don't think gavino gets. He (and
> plenty of others) seems to think that if you merely recode an
> application in Forth, it magically gets smaller, faster, better. These
> people confuse the tool for the skill in using the tool. They are the
> same people who think if they go to the hardware store and buy the most
> sophisticated woodworking tools, they will instantly become world-class
> carpenters.
[..]
Who are these "plenty of others?" I know of only one, and we haven't been
bothered by him in quite a while.
> I make no argument against the idea that doing Forth-like things in
> Forth is best. My argument is that "Forth-like" really has little to do
> with Forth.
As long as you have no evidence that doing Forth-like things in language X
or framework Y is easier than doing it in Forth, I will appreciate that
observation for what it is worth.
-marcel
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