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| From | Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: On the importance of standards |
| Date | 2013-06-08 04:33 +1000 |
| Organization | news.eternal-september.org |
| Message-ID | <kot8os$qo2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <e9af6341-c048-459b-b033-0137279c7481@googlegroups.com> <koln4a$85v$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
"Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> Wrote in message: > "Joshua Litt" <jalitt@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:e9af6341-c048-459b-b033-0137279c7481@googlegroups.com... > >> As a developer who WANTS to write forth code for a living, [...] > > Really...? > > Dude, are you trolling or is this flame-bait? It sure appears so > to me... I'm surprised anyone here took that as a serious > statement. You even emphasized it for sarcastic effect. But, > since everyone else here treated it that way, I'll do so too... I know what it might look like Rod, but I replied because I thought it was a good discussion point. > Seriously, do you see Forth listed here? (No.) > https://github.com/languages > > Seriously, do you see how low Forth ranks by usage here? (0.22%) > http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html > > When multiplied by 100, Forth doesn't make it into integer > territory for usage... I.e., it's a dead language, literally, no > joke. Popular languages are over 5 to 6%. > > Clearly, choosing Forth as a way to earn a living is not among the > wisest of decisions. You basically have to wait for one of the > last few existing Forth programmers to literally die, before you > can get a job... That's not a joke. No one in the world is > creating new jobs for Forth programmers. Of the Forth programmers > who are actually _paid_ to program in Forth (not very many), > nearly all of the them are very old and have had the exact same > dead-end job for decades. > > Did you look at the long term history chart there? > C, C++, Java, Objective-C, C#, ... > > Make a smart choice. It's in front of you, just look up a line. > Wow Rod, that sounds a bit provocative itself. :) > Rod Pemberton > Followups set for fantasy, delusional, and abusive posts. Steve. ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup
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Re: On the importance of standards stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-06-04 13:51 +0000
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Re: On the importance of standards Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-06 04:20 +0200
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Re: On the importance of standards Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-06 22:44 +0200
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Re: On the importance of standards Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-06-06 21:31 -0500
Re: On the importance of standards Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-08 00:58 +0200
Re: On the importance of standards Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-06-07 22:02 -0500
Re: On the importance of standards Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-09 00:55 +0200
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Re: C interface Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-06-12 08:05 -0500
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Re: C interface Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-12 20:15 +0200
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Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-06 04:28 +0200
Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-06-14 15:23 +0000
Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-15 14:33 +0200
Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2013-06-05 21:32 +0200
Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-06-14 15:05 +0000
Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2013-06-14 21:42 +0200
Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-06-17 16:53 +0000
Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) Spam@ControlQ.com - 2013-06-05 16:01 -0400
Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-06-14 14:55 +0000
Re: Foreign language interface (was: On the importance of standards) Spam@ControlQ.com - 2013-06-14 15:28 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-06 04:14 +0200
Re: On the importance of standards Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-06-06 15:25 -0500
Re: On the importance of standards "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-06-04 17:48 -0400
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Re: On the importance of standards Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2013-06-05 07:30 +0200
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-08 04:33 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards Zbiggy <zbigniew2011REMOVE@gmail.REMOVE.com> - 2013-06-05 02:09 +0000
Re: On the importance of standards Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-04 19:32 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-06-05 00:06 -0400
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Re: On the importance of standards "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-04 19:02 -1000
Re: On the importance of standards Zbiggy <zbigniew2011REMOVE@gmail.REMOVE.com> - 2013-06-05 23:16 +0000
Re: On the importance of standards Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-05 13:43 -1000
Re: On the importance of standards "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-06-06 11:14 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-05 15:27 -1000
Re: On the importance of standards "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-06-06 15:28 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-05 00:03 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards Joshua Litt <jalitt@gmail.com> - 2013-06-06 17:15 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-06 14:45 -1000
Re: On the importance of standards Joshua Litt <jalitt@gmail.com> - 2013-06-06 19:24 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-06-06 21:38 -0500
Re: On the importance of standards Joshua Litt <jalitt@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 14:39 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 00:57 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-08 10:44 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 06:11 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-08 14:47 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 00:03 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 15:00 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-09 12:26 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 15:41 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-09 13:11 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-09 13:14 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 18:41 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 17:09 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 18:35 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-10 16:04 +0200
Re: On the importance of standards Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-15 01:08 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 20:13 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 11:35 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-06-10 17:37 -0500
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 18:46 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-10 16:36 -0700
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 20:09 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 21:55 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-06-11 09:56 -0500
Re: On the importance of standards Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-11 18:40 +0200
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 22:36 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-15 14:30 +0200
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 19:20 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-06-16 22:37 +0200
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 21:33 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 13:21 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-08 18:42 -0400
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 23:27 +1000
Re: On the importance of standards "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-10 16:11 +0000
Re: On the importance of standards Steve <nospam275@gmail.com> - 2013-06-08 05:11 +1000
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