Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues

Date	2012-07-05 08:04 -1000
From	"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com>
Organization	FORTH, Inc.
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues
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On 7/5/12 2:25 AM, Alex McDonald wrote:
> On Jul 5, 5:32 am, "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erat...@forth.com> wrote:
>> On 7/4/12 6:08 PM, Albert van der Horst wrote:
>>
>>> In article <cedf6c4a-d33c-4d9a-a566-5d658b6dc...@a8g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>,
>>> Mark Wills  <markrobertwi...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> ...
>>>> Good point. I hadn't considered multi-user systems.
>>
>>> Has anyone seen those in the wild since 1979?
>>> I mean m*u*l*t*i*U*S*E*R , not multi-tasking. Two user typing away at
>>> different keyboards, looking to different screens, not only connected
>>> to the same computer, but running on the same Forth.
>>
>> Since 1979? Absolutely. Since early 90's, not so much.
...
>
> If you remove the meat from the equation and replace application for
> user, then yes, there are many systems that support multiple
> application requestors; databases for one. Whether that extends to
> Forth-as-a-server in the wild I wouldn't know.
>

What there isn't much use for nowadays is multiple users actually 
compiling new code. Multiple applications running concurrently on the 
same Forth (in different 'user' tasks) are fairly common. This requires 
support in the form of an expanded area of "user variables" but not 
multiple or private dictionaries.

Cheers,
Elizabeth

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ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-02 19:46 -0400
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-02 17:01 -0700
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-03 15:00 +0000
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-03 15:33 +0000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-03 02:54 -0500
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-03 03:32 -0500
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-03 03:53 -0700
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-03 08:50 -1000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-03 03:47 -0700
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-04 05:14 -0400
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-04 04:10 -0700
        Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-04 06:34 -0500
          Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-04 05:22 -0700
            Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-05 04:08 +0000
              Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-04 18:32 -1000
                Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-05 05:25 -0700
                Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-05 08:04 -1000
          Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-04 08:02 -1000
        Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-05 03:58 +0000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-03 10:22 +0000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-03 09:19 -1000
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-03 09:35 -1000
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-04 05:12 -0400
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-04 17:53 +0200
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-04 08:53 -0700
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-04 08:10 -1000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-03 16:09 -0700

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