Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rod Pemberton Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: "Hello world" using Hughs novice package Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:30:05 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 18 Message-ID: <20170119203005.6109a51f@_> References: <1myl1w4.mjthkq1ktpoo0N%awegel@arcor.de> <451a2217-3e17-481e-9a6b-4a43dfb151a6@googlegroups.com> <87tw92xtie.fsf@nightsong.com> <119731ae-c858-475b-bad7-aad245dc4674@googlegroups.com> <87lguby9kr.fsf@nightsong.com> <7cb526d6-1280-4afa-9c1a-7dbcc593ce63@googlegroups.com> <2017Jan19.104746@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <7491c39b-06c8-479c-8f5c-e444d6c9217f@googlegroups.com> <2017Jan19.162836@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: n4wpt9zq8xR26Ttf9mo2BA.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.13.1 (GTK+ 2.24.13; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:54191 On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:28:36 GMT anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) wrote: > Why would anybody use Forth to implement a C-like language? How did you intend for this statement to be understood? a) C is so bad compared to Forth that no Forth programmer would do this b) C is too complex to parse with Forth c) only and idiot would attempt this d) someone could do this, but it'd be a complete waste of their time e) why bother? f) all of the above g) other Rod Pemberton