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Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH

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attoampere@gmail.com writes:
> of course paul rubin, i do not know forth terribly well..  but even if
> this was the case, which it somehow is after an accident i suffered, i
> can't imagine a better language to guide a complete beginner through.

Well, this is a Forth newsgroup so we here generally like Forth in one
way or another, but "best for beginners" is a subtler question.  Forth's
simplicity means you have to manage every detail of what your program is
doing, that other languages take care of for you (e.g. dealing with
character strings).  Think of cars with manual gear shifts,
vs. automatic transmissions.  Some experienced drivers prefer manual
shifting, others prefer automatics, it depends on the person and their
style.  But beginners are mostly (I guess there are exceptions) probably
better off starting with automatics and trying manual later.

Is your goal to explore Forth (that is fine) or do you just want to
control your pipette robot?  If you just want to run the robot, you may
find it easier to start with something like Python (I'm not trying to
specifically advocate Python, I only name it because I use it a lot
myself; there's lots of other comparable languages).  The protocol has
enough complexity that keeping the program organized will take some
thought and experience.  I think it will be easier if languages and
libraries are doing more of the work for you.

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ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH attoampere@gmail.com - 2013-07-09 07:19 -0700
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Paul E. Bennett" <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2013-07-09 21:33 +0100
    CRC was Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH all2001@spambog.com (Wolfgang Allinger) - 2013-07-09 19:30 -0400
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-09 12:05 -1000
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-07-09 17:59 -0700
    Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-07-09 21:03 -0700
      Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-09 17:47 -1000
        Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-07-10 00:09 -0700
          Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-07-10 01:57 -0700
            Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-07-10 12:00 +0000
          Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-10 07:47 -1000
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH attoampere@gmail.com - 2013-07-10 03:22 -0700
    Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-07-11 07:26 -0700
    Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-14 18:53 -1000
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-07-10 11:58 +0000
    Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-07-10 07:55 -1000
  Re: ASCII Protocol implementations in FORTH rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-07-14 23:30 -0400

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