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Re: is forth really general putpose?

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Date	2013-03-16 15:14 -0700
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Subject	Re: is forth really general putpose?
From	daveyrotten <danw8804@gmail.com>

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On Saturday, March 16, 2013 4:09:50 PM UTC-5, Elizabeth D. Rather wrote:
> On 3/16/13 10:38 AM, the_gavino_himself wrote:
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> > I mean would you ever program websites and shell scripts with forth?
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> >
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> You certainly could, and some people have, but most people would 
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> probably prefer to use languages that are specifically designed for that 
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> purpose.
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> Cheers,
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> Elizabeth
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Was it Carl Sagan who said "Websites and shell scripts are all that ever was, is, and ever will be"?

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is forth really general putpose? the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 13:38 -0700
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    Re: is forth really general putpose? the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 02:36 -0700
  Re: is forth really general putpose? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-03-16 11:09 -1000
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      Re: is forth really general putpose? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-03-17 11:25 +0000
    Re: is forth really general putpose? daveyrotten <danw8804@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 15:14 -0700
    Re: is forth really general putpose? the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 02:37 -0700
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