Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: hwfwguy@gmail.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: A Forth Story... Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:59:27 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 13 Message-ID: <93689.305.1333645167169.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynes7> References: <4f7c9c19$0$7617$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <8bCdnf6gX87bL-HSnZ2dnUVZ_vOdnZ2d@supernews.com> <4f7cb841$0$6557$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 74.202.4.125 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1333645249 18727 127.0.0.1 (5 Apr 2012 17:00:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:00:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: erather@forth.com In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=74.202.4.125; posting-account=6GCGIQoAAAAyO8IjR_VTwqiqLwx0Q_G8 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:10926 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