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Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> writes:
> C seems to be able to manage small systems and very large systems with
> the same language; I don't see why Forth shouldn't be able to do the
> same.

There's lots of legacy C code still being used and maintained on big
systems, but I've convinced myself that the main new uses of C, like
those of Forth, are on small systems.  As a large-server programmer I've
worked with lots of productive and successful programmers who arrived on
the scene later than we did.  They typically use languages like Ruby and
Javascript all day long, without ever having seen a line of C in their
life.