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Re: A New Forth

From Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: A New Forth
Date 2016-10-13 19:16 +0200
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On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 17:28:51 -0700 (PDT)
trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> > It sounds like you've been using C++.  If you want exposure to
> > fancier uses of type systems, you might give Haskell a try.
> > http://learnyouahaskell.com is a good place to start.  
> 
> Oh, I have explored Haskell. Lots of interesting ideas. A bit too
> "interesting" I think. On the surface Haskell seems great, but as I
> explored it more the extreme focus on types, pure functionality and
> heavy academics, starts to wear on code clarity, at least it seemed
> that way to me. Just look up how to generate a random number for
> instance.
> 

I missed this. Haskell is most beautiful language I've seen so far:
What's wrong with random numbers?
    number <- randomIO :: IO Float

or 

    g <- getStdGen
    putStrLn $ show $ take 10 $ randomRs (0::Int,10) g


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  Re: A New Forth Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem> - 2016-10-07 23:05 -0400
    Re: A New Forth Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-10-08 10:07 -0400
  Re: A New Forth anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-10-08 13:08 +0000
    Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 10:54 -0700
      Re: A New Forth anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-10-08 18:03 +0000
        Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 11:13 -0700
    Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-08 11:17 -0700
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  Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 12:11 -0700
    Re: A New Forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-08 21:31 +0200
      Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 17:07 -0700
    Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-08 12:33 -0700
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      Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 17:28 -0700
        Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-08 18:00 -0700
          Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 09:00 -0700
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            Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-10 01:09 -0700
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                Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-10 13:28 -0700
                Re: A New Forth "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-10-10 11:14 -1000
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                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 16:26 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-10 18:58 -0700
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 20:15 -0700
              Re: A New Forth Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 07:26 +0300
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                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 19:08 -0700
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          Re: A New Forth lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 18:45 -0700
        Re: A New Forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-09 10:54 +0200
          Re: A New Forth missycurl@gmail.com - 2016-10-09 07:35 -0700
          Re: A New Forth Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-11 06:23 +0200
          Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-10 21:31 -0700
          Re: A New Forth franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2016-10-15 00:26 -0700
        Re: A New Forth Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-13 19:16 +0200
          Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 11:46 -0700
            Re: A New Forth Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-13 19:04 +0000
        Re: A New Forth "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-15 20:07 +0000
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  Re: A New Forth polymorph self <jackvanc3@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 19:58 -0700
  Re: A New Forth Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 19:22 -0700
    Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 20:18 -0700
      Re: A New Forth Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 11:14 -0700
        Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 14:22 -0700
          Re: A New Forth jim.brakefield@ieee.org - 2016-10-11 15:11 -0700
            Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 18:03 -0700
          Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-11 15:13 -0700
            Re: A New Forth Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 17:52 -0700
              Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 19:55 -0700
              Re: A New Forth hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 14:21 -0700
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            Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 18:08 -0700
              Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-11 18:21 -0700
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 20:01 -0700
        Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 20:33 -0700
          Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 01:15 -0400
            Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 05:44 -0700
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                Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-12 10:08 -0700
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                Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-12 11:56 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 13:41 -0400
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 11:57 -0700
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 12:02 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 09:24 -0400
                Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 10:33 -0400
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 10:05 -0700
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