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Re: is forth bad for string and file operations? anyone know forth and use it rather than awk bash tcl?

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Am Donnerstag, 22. März 2012 20:21:06 UTC+1 schrieb quiet_lad:
> for file stuff on unix?

Tcl? In this case you can say that Forth is at least as good as this thing.
Bash? Why you note this language for string processing - it's used to call awk or sed.

awk! Yes, this is better than Forth in specific tasks. But well, this language is designed to do some specific things.

What you do not consider here is: Forth is flexible. If you have the task to manipulate strings you can "extend" it (program something) that is better than the standard given things. How you extend Forth for this depends on your own skills and ideas how to do the things.

My HelFORTH and forth4p do have own string manipulation - it is implemented in Forth (or Forth-like if you want) and they work good for the things I want. But for a 1-liner awk or perl is better for such tasks usually.

Regards,
-Helmar

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is forth bad for string and file operations? anyone know forth and use it rather than awk bash tcl? quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-03-22 12:21 -0700
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