Re: A Forth Story...

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Subject	Re: A Forth Story...
Date	2012-04-05 09:59 -0700
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On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 2:17:32 PM UTC-7, Elizabeth D. Rather wrote:
> 
> An engineer who is capable and experienced in your application domain 
> can learn Forth far quicker than a Forth programmer with a different 
> background can learn your application domain, so the lack of Forth 
> programmers "standing on every corner" (as one recruiter put it) is not 
> a major obstacle. And having learned Forth, that engineer will have all 
> the power and flexibility that Forth provides. Many of our customers 
> have gone that route, to great success.
> 
I would like to see you (or you and Ned) write a "Why Forth" paper/article based on this rationale. Our industry is hurting for lack of Forth exposure.

-Brad

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