Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.unit0.net!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!npeersf03.am4!fx20.fr7.POSTED!not-for-mail From: stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: OT: ANS Forth Reply-To: stephenXXX@INVALID.mpeforth.com Message-ID: <511b84da.32363265@192.168.0.50> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.176.152.87 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: 1360758302 80.176.152.87 (Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:25:02 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:25:02 UTC Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:24:56 GMT X-Received-Bytes: 2085 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:19703 On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:42:58 +1100, "Ed" wrote: >Chuck stated in a 2009 interview: > >"Forth has gradually become more complicated to suit the taste of > contemporary programmers and the complexity of modern computers." > >It was not a compliment. and the complexity of modern applications ... As application complexity has grown (enourmously), so the minimum level at which application programmers are prepared to start has also risen greatly. That minimum level has to be supplied. Stephen -- Stephen Pelc, stephenXXX@mpeforth.com MicroProcessor Engineering Ltd - More Real, Less Time 133 Hill Lane, Southampton SO15 5AF, England tel: +44 (0)23 8063 1441, fax: +44 (0)23 8033 9691 web: http://www.mpeforth.com - free VFX Forth downloads