Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Paul E. Bennett" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: comp.lang.forth.applications Followup-To: comp.lang.forth Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 20:00:56 +0100 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <519f3cd2.175876572@news.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net qWI/zOTNNulOI4jwa+VRCwlQFhyGkNlreGbMzDhMLZWxDx/X/x Cancel-Lock: sha1:6+B2e7USziKBfcwnUNeRbsXnLUE= Mail-Copies-To: Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:22886 Stephen Pelc wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:21 +1000, "Ed" wrote: > >>comp.lang.forth.applications? We can't write any apps until Forth-200x >>is completed :) > > Forth2012 is posted > http://www.forth200x.org/documents/ > forth-rc1.pdf > forth12-1.pdf > > By nature of the process Forth20xx will never be complete, so you'll > never need to write a Forth app again. > > The one I compiled yesterday contained over 1,100,000 lines of source > code. All aspiring Jeff Foxes can explain why this is wrong or > impossible. > > Stephen > Ah, but what do that many lines of Forth Source do? -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett............... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************