Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Paul E Bennett Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: One for Elizabeth... Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 14:36:56 +0100 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <5c56c350-73d1-4a9d-9c39-509d8c27870b@googlegroups.com> <5qmdnSawAovmj8bOnZ2dnUVZ_oadnZ2d@supernews.com> <0815567d-032a-4b19-88e5-3c3079898bf4@googlegroups.com> <535e3b1f.418841281@news.demon.co.uk> <335e094a-9b36-42ae-b92e-08b16bbb0b9c@googlegroups.com> <535f57a1.491675324@news.demon.co.uk> <027cdcfc-bdbd-48ff-a1db-0d42b23ef4d2@googlegroups.com> <5364a7a4.839838714@news.demon.co.uk> <4806c4fd-09f0-45d4-b8a0-b14dabe6fcd3@googlegroups.com> <586bd91c-4fd5-40cb-9785-9d267dabf5a6@googlegroups.com> <08f880ce-af81-4b0a-aa2a-b68c2be7ed19@googlegroups.com> <9ca02e36-be4e-48f7-b354-99d6548f715e@googlegroups.com> <7xfvknd0d1.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <7xeh067x8w.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <21e9122a-b765-43dd-9290-5212e3a28a1d@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net sHHZG+llUaE4Y1P+unRh2gdqaukgAFMJ69c5wvn5WJ3ltPIiXi Cancel-Lock: sha1:KCjbQ6SP63Nm3A5J+/jDc1XKV70= User-Agent: KNode/4.11.4 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:30190 visualforth@rocketmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 5:29:19 AM UTC-4, Paul Rubin wrote: >> >> A language is interesting if it changes the way you think about >> programming. By that standard, Forth is definitely interesting. > > That's totally true! Forth changed not only my thinking about programming, > but my programming habits, too. It's a great feature of Forth that, once a > word is properly defined and tested, it can be trusted always. It always > will work. Don't forget the proviso's to that statement Dirk. This assumes that the words on which you have built your new word do not change intrinsic behaviour underneath the word you so defined and tested. There may be a problem relying on this facet if you have DEFERed words in the mix that can have behaviour changes during operation. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET..... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy............. Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************