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Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me

From "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me
Date 2012-10-20 21:03 -0400
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"Hugh Aguilar" <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7fa71346-ad58-4baf-bf96-a1e428b5bd58@p5g2000pbs.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 19, 4:42 pm, "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_h...@notemailnotz.cnm>
> wrote:
> > "Hugh Aguilar" <hughaguila...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >
news:2017da18-ac49-4b0e-bec1-5ceffff9435e@pz10g2000pbb.googlegroups.com...
...

> > > I recommend against implementing data structures as
> > > a way to learn Forth.
> >
> > Lol! Classic.
> >
> > That should be your in your signature.
>
> I don't know why you laugh at this.


Over the past six years, I can't even tell you how many Forth people posting
here, and on other newsgroups I read also, constantly tout how good Forth
is.  But, all I see, without intending to incite flames, is a very weak
language, as compared to many others, most notably C.  Yet, none of these
promoters of Forth ever see it's weakness, or perhaps are just unwilling to
openly admit them.  There are many areas of weakness in C, and I've
discussed them with many people, in many different groups.  You, without
realizing it - perhaps, summarized, in one concise sentence, one of the many
glaring defects of Forth: correctly implementing Forth data structures.  I
found it funny that you would attempt to learn a language without also
learning how to implement data structures at the same time.  The two go hand
in hand.  Without data structures, a language is just a bunch of do-nothing
loops and if's.  You basically said you should learn Forth without learning
a critical component of it!  Now, having read many of your posts, I took
your own apparent revulsion to implementing data structures in Forth to be a
direct response of you developing them for your novice and slide rule Forth
packages.  Am I mistaken?


Rod Pemberton

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FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2012-10-17 16:56 -0500
  Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me all2001@spambog.com (Wolfgang Allinger) - 2012-10-17 19:11 -0300
    Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Mark Wills <forthfreak@gmail.com> - 2012-10-18 01:15 -0700
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  Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-10-18 00:14 +0200
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          Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2012-10-18 21:53 +0000
          Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-19 18:39 -0700
            Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-19 23:22 -0700
            Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2012-10-21 13:40 -0500
          Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-10-19 21:00 -1000
            Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-10-20 09:18 +0200
              Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-10-20 08:40 -1000
          Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-10-21 12:22 +0200
            Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-10-21 08:46 -0400
      Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-10-18 21:08 +0200
        Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-18 12:29 -0700
  Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-17 20:24 -0700
    Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-10-19 19:46 -0400
      Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-19 18:46 -0700
        Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-10-20 21:03 -0400
          Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-10-20 15:40 -1000
          Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-20 18:52 -0700
            Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-10-20 16:27 -1000
          Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-20 20:56 -0700
            Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-10-21 09:40 -0400
              Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-21 12:51 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-10-21 23:50 +0200
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-21 17:11 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me mhx@iae.nl - 2012-10-22 00:19 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-22 00:41 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-10-22 09:31 -0500
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-22 08:13 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-10-22 21:40 +0200
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-22 13:14 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-10-22 10:41 -1000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-10-22 23:21 +0200
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-22 14:27 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-10-22 14:16 -1000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2012-10-23 21:42 +0100
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me vandys@vsta.org - 2012-10-22 00:24 +0000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-10-22 04:12 -0400
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-22 01:40 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-22 02:39 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-22 02:30 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-10-22 22:27 -0400
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2012-11-04 22:18 -0500
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-11-05 15:35 +0100
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2012-10-22 12:22 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-10-22 12:51 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2012-10-22 23:40 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-10-23 12:50 +0000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2012-10-24 09:13 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-10-25 12:31 +0000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2012-10-26 09:58 -0700
              Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-21 16:24 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-10-22 02:51 +0200
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-10-21 19:55 -0500
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-10-22 03:02 +0200
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-10-22 03:50 -0400
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-22 01:03 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-10-22 10:12 +0000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-10-22 10:08 +0000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-10-22 18:06 +0200
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-10-22 22:14 +0200
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2012-10-23 00:50 +0000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-10-23 03:43 +0200
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-10-23 03:14 -0500
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-22 19:54 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-22 22:59 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-24 09:23 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-10-23 10:33 +0000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-24 10:05 -0700
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2012-10-24 14:56 -0400
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-10-23 11:50 +0000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-10-23 14:39 +0000
                Application Benchmarks (was: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-10-23 15:59 +0000
                Re: Application Benchmarks (was: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me) stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-10-24 14:33 +0000
                Re: Application Benchmarks (was: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-10-25 14:19 +0000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-10-22 03:56 -0400
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-10-21 22:12 -1000
                Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-22 02:51 -0700
          Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-10-21 05:29 -0500
            Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-10-21 09:35 -0400
            Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-10-21 15:44 +0200
              Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-10-21 18:43 -0500
              Re: FORTH Trouble--Please Show Me "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2012-10-22 04:20 -0400

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