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Re: Making Forth official

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Albert van der Horst wrote:
> In article <l6po0o$let$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Ed <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
> ...
> >I see Forth as an 'unofficial language' - by which I mean it resists attempts
> >to be categorized, controlled or standardized.  If you know what is Forth,
> >then you are talking about something else which is already dead :)
>
> Given that the only thing BASIC languages have in common is the file
> extension, we could have the same.

If the BAS extension is known today I would say it was due to Microsoft and
the vast number of MS BASIC users, current and past.

> We can't be dead, because we don't even exist. It would be a great progress
> if someone sees dinges.4th and asks himself "I wonder what that *Forth* file
> is doing in /tmp"

or ... "Forth?  Never heard of it or seen apps written in it - can't be any good."

Forth's image problems are many.  If ANS couldn't turn the tide, it's unlikely
that a file extension will.

Seeing people writing useful Forth apps is the only thing that would cause me
sit up and take note.  My web page gets an absurd number of hits considering
its content.  I can't say for sure but I suspect it's due to KCS - a retro-computing
app which has apparently become popular, even turning up on YouTube.  One
can't buy advertising like that - not that promotion of Forth was ever my intent.

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Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-11-21 13:23 +0000
  Re: Making Forth official Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2013-11-21 14:54 +0100
    Re: Making Forth official gavino_himself <visploveslisp@gmail.com> - 2013-12-03 11:59 -0800
  Re: Making Forth official anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-11-21 13:57 +0000
    Re: Making Forth official Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2013-11-21 15:49 +0000
      Re: Making Forth official "Mark" <mark@dibsco.co.uk> - 2013-11-21 16:03 +0000
        Re: Making Forth official Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2013-11-21 23:27 +0000
        Re: Making Forth official C G Montgomery <cgm@physics.utoledo.edu> - 2013-11-21 19:20 -0500
          Re: Making Forth official "Mark" <mark@dibsco.co.uk> - 2013-11-22 10:43 +0000
            Re: Making Forth official Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-11-22 17:24 +0100
              Re: Making Forth official Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2013-11-24 14:11 +0100
        Re: Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-11-22 01:59 +0000
          Re: Making Forth official "Mark" <mark@dibsco.co.uk> - 2013-11-22 11:00 +0000
            Re: Making Forth official rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-11-22 12:05 -0500
              Re: Making Forth official "Mark" <mark@dibsco.co.uk> - 2013-11-22 21:15 +0000
    Re: Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-11-22 01:55 +0000
  Re: Making Forth official "Mark" <mark@dibsco.co.uk> - 2013-11-21 15:50 +0000
    Re: Making Forth official Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-11-22 00:03 +0100
    Re: Making Forth official Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2013-11-22 08:19 +0100
      Re: Making Forth official m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2013-11-21 23:42 -0800
        Re: Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-11-23 17:22 +0000
          Re: Making Forth official Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2013-11-24 14:07 +0100
      Re: Making Forth official "Mark" <mark@dibsco.co.uk> - 2013-11-22 11:30 +0000
        Re: Making Forth official "Mark" <mark@dibsco.co.uk> - 2013-11-22 11:35 +0000
        Re: Making Forth official "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-23 19:11 +1100
          Re: Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-11-23 12:46 +0000
            Re: Making Forth official "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-11-27 12:42 +1100
              Re: Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-11-27 03:35 +0000
        Re: Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-11-23 17:31 +0000
          Re: Making Forth official "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2013-11-24 04:35 -0500
  Re: Making Forth official ForthFreak <forthfreak@gmail.com> - 2013-11-21 23:53 -0800
  Re: Making Forth official "Mark" <mark@dibsco.co.uk> - 2013-12-31 16:48 +0000
    Re: Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-12-31 22:49 +0000
      Re: Making Forth official Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-31 15:10 -0800
        Re: Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-01-01 14:12 +0000
          Re: Making Forth official anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-02 17:46 +0000
            Re: Making Forth official Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-02 13:03 -0800
              Re: Making Forth official "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-02 20:16 -0500
              Re: Making Forth official Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-03 01:24 -0800
            Re: Making Forth official "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-02 20:13 -0500
      Re: Making Forth official anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-02 17:33 +0000
        Re: Making Forth official albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-01-02 19:22 +0000

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