Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy

From	"Ed" <invalid@invalid.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy
Date	2013-07-09 19:32 +1000
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WJ wrote:
> I threw together a Fortran version of the Fannkuch program that
> runs in only 0.203 seconds on my tired, old, battered laptop.
>
> That leaves the iForth version in the dust.
>
> In addition, the Fortran program is immeasurably more readable
> and maintainable.

Forth is not for everyone :)

Forth being a stone-age toy, we should have a contest for same.
I'm putting the finishing touches to my new ANS Forth for CP/M-80
and would be pleased to nominate it.

O.T.  In the course of creating the above I've come to the conclusion
RESIZE-FILE should have gone into File-Access Extension since
a) not all OS support such a function and  b) it's not essential and the
effect can be achieved in other ways.

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Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-09 07:14 +0000
  Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2013-07-09 01:03 -0700
  Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-07-09 19:32 +1000
  Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-09 22:26 +0000
    Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-11 00:01 +0000
      Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-07-12 12:10 +0000
  Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2013-07-10 11:10 -0700
    Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-07-12 03:14 -0400
      Re: Fortran proves Forth a stone-age toy Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2013-07-12 05:14 -0500

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