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| From | rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Book? |
| Date | 2016-07-13 22:36 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <nm6ts4$j69$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <nm5usm$e5g$1@news.albasani.net> <8aa715a8-43b7-47d7-9156-229885c40f64@googlegroups.com> |
On 7/13/2016 9:41 PM, hughaguilar96@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:48:08 AM UTC-7, Peter Percival wrote: >> Suppose some fellow (probably a reckless fool) wanted to read an >> introductory book on Forth, what would you recommend? He has programmed >> in such languages as C, Modula-2, PL/M, ..., but not in Forth. >> -- >> Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will >> To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. >> Ulysses, Alfred, Lord Tennyson > > Reading tutorials is a waste of time. It is better if the guy should just write a program in Forth. He can look up what he needs to know in a reference as he finds the need --- it will be more memorable this way --- if you just read with the vague idea of learning, you don't remember anything that you have read because you haven't applied it. Exactly wrong. Trying to write Forth code without having some knowledge of basic words just makes for pointless thrashing around. Starting with some sort of tutorial, even a very basic one like "Starting Forth" is a good start. -- Rick C
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Book? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2016-07-13 18:48 +0100
Re: Book? Alex Dowad <alexinbeijing@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 10:50 -0700
Re: Book? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 13:53 -0400
Re: Book? Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2016-07-13 19:30 +0100
Re: Book? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-13 11:51 -0700
Re: Book? Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2016-07-13 23:09 +0100
Re: Book? Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2016-07-14 08:51 +0100
Re: Book? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-07-13 09:26 -1000
Re: Book? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-13 17:50 -0700
Re: Book? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-13 20:41 +0000
Re: Book? Rod Pemberton <NoHaveNotOne@bcczxcfrze.cam> - 2016-07-14 02:35 -0400
Re: Book? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-07-14 00:36 -0700
Re: Book? Julian Fondren <ayrnieu@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 15:21 -0700
Re: Book? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-13 18:41 -0700
Re: Book? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 22:36 -0400
Re: Book? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-14 06:18 +0000
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