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Subject: Re: Could Forth be getting a bit of traction?
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jim.brakefield@ieee.org writes:
> A way forward is for the Forth standard to embrace as many higher
> level abstractions (both data and code) as possible and state the
> meaning.

I think part of the Forth spirit is to collapse away abstraction rather
than add more.  This is both enabling and limiting, in their own ways.