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Re: I am afriad

From Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: I am afriad
Date 2016-06-21 07:41 +0300
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On 21/06/2016 07:16, hughaguilar96@gmail.com wrote:

> It can be done --- it is just a bad idea.

No it is not.  It is simply a different methodology.


> Bottom-up programming is generally a good idea because you can test your code as you go. Big programs that work evolve from small programs that work. 

You can test your code as you go with top-down iterative as well, as I
always do (and have done for 30+ years).

The disadvantage of "bottom-up" is that you can get lost in details
which may prove to be irrelevant later on.

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I am afriad endlessboomcapitalism@gmail.com - 2016-06-19 22:00 -0700
  Re: I am afriad Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-06-20 05:29 -0700
    Re: I am afriad "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-06-20 19:43 -0100
      Re: I am afriad endlessboomcapitalism@gmail.com - 2016-06-20 14:42 -0700
        Re: I am afriad hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-06-20 19:35 -0700
    Re: I am afriad rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-06-20 16:00 -0400
      Re: I am afriad Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-06-20 19:03 -0700
        Re: I am afriad hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-06-20 19:23 -0700
          Re: I am afriad rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-06-20 22:58 -0400
        Re: I am afriad rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-06-20 22:51 -0400
          Re: I am afriad Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-06-20 20:23 -0700
            Re: I am afriad rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-06-20 23:51 -0400
            Re: I am afriad Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 07:04 +0300
              Re: I am afriad Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 05:33 -0700
                Re: I am afriad Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 16:05 +0300
                Re: I am afriad anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-06-21 13:30 +0000
            Re: I am afriad hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-06-20 21:10 -0700
            Re: I am afriad hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-06-20 21:16 -0700
              Re: I am afriad Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 07:41 +0300
  Re: I am afriad Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 05:23 -0700
    Re: I am afriad Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-06-21 08:27 -0500
      Re: I am afriad Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 10:47 -0700
    Re: I am afriad hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-06-21 22:58 -0700
      Re: I am afriad Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-06-21 23:51 -0700
        Re: I am afriad Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2016-06-22 08:06 -0700
      Re: I am afriad Matthias Trute <matthias.trute@gmail.com> - 2016-06-22 06:04 -0700

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