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Re: Announce: "8th" is now available

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On 1/17/15 8:11 PM, Ron Aaron wrote:
> On 1/16/15 20:21, Jason Damisch wrote:
>
>> This is the first time I've seen a Forth or Forth like language
>> presented in such a visually appealing and modern looking website.
>> I will recommend to those launching new Forths to do likewise.
>>
>> I liked the introduction video.  It was cute.   I notice an effort
>> to make an appealing sales representation.
>
> Thank you.  We put a lot of effort into making it more generally appealing.
>
>
>> One drawback which I saw
>> 1.  There is no CREATE DOES>
>
> Yes, that is true.  We made a strategic decision to omit 'CREATE DOES>',
> since it is very difficult to explain to non-Forthers, and we could not
> come up with a convincing enough use-case to justify the added
> complexity.  We may still be convinced otherwise...
>

I hope so. It is one of the features that really lifts Forth into a 
unique category of languages. I have found that explaining using OOP 
terminology (e.g., the CREATE ... DOES> definition constructs a new 
class of words, for which the code following DOES> represents the 
behavior of all instances of this class).

Cheers,
Elizabeth

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Announce: "8th" is now available Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-01-15 17:14 +0200
  Re: Announce: "8th" is now available Ilya Tarasov <ilya74.tarasov@gmail.com> - 2015-01-15 08:17 -0800
    Re: Announce: "8th" is now available Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-01-15 19:20 +0200
      Re: Announce: "8th" is now available beeflo <beeflobill@gmail.com> - 2015-01-15 11:42 -0800
        Re: Announce: "8th" is now available beeflo <beeflobill@gmail.com> - 2015-01-15 11:47 -0800
  Re: Announce: "8th" is now available hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-01-15 20:49 -0800
    huh? Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-01-16 07:32 +0200
      Re: huh? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-01-15 22:49 -0800
        Re: huh? Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-01-16 10:13 +0200
        Re: huh? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-01-16 11:51 -0500
          Re: huh? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-01-16 19:53 -0800
            Re: huh? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2015-01-16 23:32 -0800
              Re: huh? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-01-19 14:13 -0500
  Re: Announce: "8th" is now available Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-16 10:21 -0800
    Re: Announce: "8th" is now available albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-01-16 18:29 +0000
      Re: Announce: "8th" is now available Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-16 10:40 -0800
        Re: Announce: "8th" is now available Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-01-16 12:58 -0600
    Re: Announce: "8th" is now available Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-01-18 08:11 +0200
      Re: Announce: "8th" is now available "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-01-17 21:14 -1000
        Re: Announce: "8th" is now available Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-01-18 10:06 +0200
        Re: Announce: "8th" is now available albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-01-18 13:57 +0000
          Re: Announce: "8th" is now available "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-01-18 08:49 -1000
  Re: Announce: "8th" is now available Rob Sciuk <rob@controlq.com> - 2015-01-19 16:25 -0500
    Re: Announce: "8th" is now available Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2015-01-20 07:01 +0200

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