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Group: comp.lang.forth · Group Profile
Author: Jonah ThomasJonah Thomas Date: Aug 26, 2008 17:33
John Passaniti JapanIsShinto.com> wrote:
> 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.
What particularly impressed me about Forth was that if you use a very
simple Forth that has no locals etc, bad coding practices tend to show
up as bad right away. It takes good technique to get anything much done.
It's the difference between sophisticated woodworking tools that cover
up your bad technique, versus simple tools that fail with bad technique.
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