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"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
> 	Ok, there are certainly more C/C++ programmers than Forth
> programmers. But our experience is that familiarity with the project
> domain is the most important qualification, and programmers find Forth
> quite easy to learn.

This is puzzling to me.  Yes the language (except for a few technical
corners) is very simple, but I've found learning to use it effectively
to be quite difficult.  That's one of the things that makes it
interesting, imho.  Productive Forth programmers know something that I
don't, or they use different methods than what I've gotten used to /
spoiled by, or whatever.  It's like in the song:

   I was taught assembler in my second year of school,
   It's something like construction work, with a toothpick for a tool ...