Re: comp.lang.forth.applications

From	Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: comp.lang.forth.applications
Date	2013-05-24 07:57 -0700
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stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) writes:
> The one I compiled yesterday contained over 1,100,000 lines of source
> code. 

May I ask what it does and when it was written?  

> Perhaps one reason that there are few large Forth applications
> is that people refuse to believe that they can be done; despite
> evidence to the contrary.

My theory is that the engineering trade-offs have changed over time due
to the the lowered costs of powerful hardware, and development of other
languages that make more use of the powerful hardware to decrease
programming effort.  So writing million line Forth programs has always
been possible, but it's less economically feasible today than it was 30
years ago.

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comp.lang.forth.applications johno <email@address.com> - 2013-05-23 15:35 +0100
  Re: comp.lang.forth.applications albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-05-23 15:38 +0000
    Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-05-23 08:25 -1000
      Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Mentifex <mentifex@myuw.net> - 2013-05-23 11:43 -0700
    Re: comp.lang.forth.applications visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-23 18:35 -0700
      Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-23 22:38 -0700
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-05-24 08:52 +0000
          Re: comp.lang.forth.applications visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-25 17:52 -0700
            Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-25 18:18 -0700
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 05:24 -0400
          Re: comp.lang.forth.applications visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-25 18:12 -0700
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-08 11:46 +0000
          Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-06-08 08:55 -0400
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-09 19:21 +0000
      Re: comp.lang.forth.applications m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2013-05-23 23:55 -0700
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-25 17:40 -0700
          Re: comp.lang.forth.applications mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2013-05-26 09:18 +0200
            Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-26 00:24 -0700
            Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-05-26 02:36 -0500
              Re: Euler 13 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-26 01:02 -0700
                Re: Euler 13 Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-05-26 06:34 -0500
                Re: Euler 13 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-26 10:13 -0700
                Re: Euler 13 visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-26 15:32 -0700
                Re: Euler 13 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-26 15:40 -0700
              Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2013-05-26 11:06 +0200
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] mhx@iae.nl - 2013-05-26 02:28 -0700
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] "David N. Williams" <williams@umich.edu> - 2013-05-26 10:19 -0400
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-26 15:24 -0700
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2013-05-27 01:11 +0200
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-26 22:36 -0700
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-05-27 01:49 -0700
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-05-27 08:56 +0000
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] "David N. Williams" <williams@umich.edu> - 2013-05-27 08:04 -0400
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2013-05-27 12:55 -0700
              Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-05-26 17:24 +0000
                Re: Euler 13 [Was: comp.lang.forth.applications] albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-05-26 17:26 +0000
                Re: Euler 13 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-26 21:25 -0700
                Re: Euler 13 albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-05-27 12:13 +0000
                Re: Euler 13 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-27 07:44 -0700
            Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-26 01:04 -0700
            Re: comp.lang.forth.applications visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-26 15:05 -0700
              Re: comp.lang.forth.applications mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2013-05-27 01:12 +0200
                Re: comp.lang.forth.applications visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-26 22:32 -0700
  Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-05-24 12:00 +1000
    Re: comp.lang.forth.applications stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-05-24 10:16 +0000
      Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-05-24 20:44 +1000
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 07:03 -0400
          Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-05-27 22:00 +1000
            Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-05-27 08:08 -1000
              Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-05-29 13:56 +1000
                Re: comp.lang.forth.applications albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-05-29 04:05 +0000
                Re: comp.lang.forth.applications rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-05-29 16:25 -0400
                Re: comp.lang.forth.applications albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-05-30 00:31 +0000
            Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Paul E. Bennett" <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2013-05-27 23:34 +0100
              Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-05-29 13:51 +1000
                Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-05-29 00:14 -0700
                Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-05-29 04:01 -0500
                Re: comp.lang.forth.applications rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-05-29 16:35 -0400
                Re: comp.lang.forth.applications rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-08 22:16 -0400
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-05-24 12:30 +0000
          Re: comp.lang.forth.applications the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 23:14 -0700
          Re: comp.lang.forth.applications rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-05-26 22:18 -0400
      Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-24 07:57 -0700
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-05-24 10:33 -0500
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-05-24 16:34 +0000
          Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-24 10:23 -0700
      Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Paul E. Bennett" <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2013-05-24 20:00 +0100
        Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-05-24 09:32 -1000
          Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-24 20:18 -0700
            Re: comp.lang.forth.applications "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-05-24 19:31 -1000
  Re: comp.lang.forth.applications oh2aun@gmail.com - 2013-05-23 20:56 -0700
  Re: comp.lang.forth.applications the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-05-24 23:02 -0700
  Re: comp.lang.forth.applications rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-08 19:21 -0400

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