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Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for....

Date	2012-06-25 15:38 -1000
From	"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com>
Organization	FORTH, Inc.
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Subject	Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for....
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On 6/25/12 2:01 PM, quiet_lad wrote:
> On Jun 25, 2:54�pm, "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erat...@forth.com> wrote:
>> On 6/25/12 11:43 AM, quiet_lad wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 25, 2:28 pm, "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erat...@forth.com> wrote:
>>>> On 6/25/12 11:09 AM, quiet_lad wrote:
>>
>>>>> http://www.forth.com/starting-forth/sf2/sf2.html
>>
>>>> Can you be more specific? What problems are you having trouble with?
>>>> Show us your attempted solutions.
>>
>>>> It may help to type your way through the examples shown.
>> ...
>>
>>> 2-3 2-4 2-5 I was like WOA!!
>>> I then looked at the answers and now understand what was done.
>>> Before looking I was daunted.
>>
>> You should be able to do those without looking. Go back to the start of
>> that chapter and actually type the examples they give, and look at the
>> results. Work your way through the chapter actually doing the examples.
>> Then when you get to the problem set, try to do the problems without
>> looking at the answers. The only way to learn Forth is by *typing*
>> things and thinking about the results.
>
>
> This is harder than I thought.
>

It requires persistence and concentration. Keep at it! If something 
isn't working as you expect, post it here or ask questions.

Cheers,
Elizabeth

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doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-25 14:09 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-25 14:26 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-06-25 11:28 -1000
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-25 14:43 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-06-25 11:54 -1000
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-25 17:01 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-06-25 15:38 -1000
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-25 21:30 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-06-25 18:39 -1000
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-06-26 02:26 -0700
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Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-06-26 06:23 -0700
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Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-26 15:25 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-06-26 20:17 -0400
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 14:08 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-26 10:59 -0700
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Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-26 15:26 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-06-26 14:30 -1000
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 14:09 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-06-27 11:33 -1000
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Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... John Passaniti <john.passaniti@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 11:02 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 14:11 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 14:28 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-06-27 19:00 -0400
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-06-28 01:46 +0200
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-06-28 04:17 -0400
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Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... marko <marko@marko.marko> - 2012-06-28 21:08 +1000
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... quiet_lad <gavcomedy@gmail.com> - 2012-06-29 14:04 -0700
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-06-29 12:20 -1000
Re: doing exercises for starting forth, kinda discouraging, some are easy and some seem text not prepare me for.... "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-06-28 08:39 -1000
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