Path: csiph.com!au2pb.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!nntpspool01.opticnetworks.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: offete.com offline? Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 04:34:11 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <7bf46a69-f5aa-4a03-9cf6-f10135f0082e@googlegroups.com> <82b80f02-73e7-4ea6-a6d1-86efff0a2dd0@googlegroups.com> <8ec11fac-737e-4d73-b7ec-77a082ed7d5d@googlegroups.com> <0075ae24-51bc-4ba8-89aa-79597f990ee9@googlegroups.com> <03eaa8d0-f4d1-4de9-a86e-285390565e6d@googlegroups.com> <07b44908-5b34-472e-adec-a46d56669b4c@googlegroups.com> <70f68d8c-258b-422a-9a2f-34426b01924d@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: n4wpt9zq8xR26Ttf9mo2BA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:42069 On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 06:57:24 -0400, wrote: > OTOH, Qbasic lacked structs and lacked pointers As Mark pointed out, you probably meant M$' C64 BASIC. > --- people used hokey techniques to simulate structs, > such as an array for each field in the struct --- > they are learning bad habits that they have to unlearn > later on. > LOL! You have absolutely no idea how C implements types, do you? All C objects must map onto an array of bytes. It's mandatory per the C specifications. If Forth doesn't have the ability to do this built-in, why is it bad practice when they implement it? Isn't this just another hidden anti-C rant? Rod Pemberton -- Just how many texting and calendar apps does humanity need?