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  Re: Interesting article clvrmnky <spamtrap@clevermonkey.org> - 2011-10-23 02:13 +0000

#6683 — Re: Interesting article

On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:59:48 -0400, Rod Pemberton wrote:

> "Hugh Aguilar" <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1f5417de-5702-4127-
ac23-6c29f0e61695@t20g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> I am old enough (45) to remember a time when Forth was taken seriously
>> in the general programming world.
>>
>>
> I'm old enough also.  Nobody knew of it.  Apparently, it was available
> for some of the home built computers, perhaps IMSAI or Altair.  AFAIK,
> Forth wasn't available for the personal home computers in the PC
> revolution such as C64's, Apple II's, Timex Sinclair's.  Byte magazine
> was were people heard of Forth.
> 
I remember being rather impressed that when it came time to get a Forth 
for my TRS-80 Color Computer I had multiple vendors to choose from. Back 
in those days, Forth seemed to be everywhere I looked. There was even a 
local BBS that was written in Forth.

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