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| From | "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Less Is Moore |
| Date | 2015-04-27 21:22 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mhm5or$v79$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <f5ce5d72-b1eb-4847-be7b-10152363488a@googlegroups.com> |
on 27/04/2015 21:10:04, Steve Graham wrote: > https://samgentle.com/posts/2015-04-26-less-is-moore > > The author posits that Forth is minimalistic because it originated in > a resource-constrained era and asks if it is still relevant? > > What other strengths of Forth do you appreciate other than the ability > to operate in systems with relatively constrained resources? > > Steve > Dealing with the "relatively constrained resources" dismissal first: "Forth from a time when computers were slower and less forgiving. I don't think this is a coincidence. Constrained environments require efficiency and elegance in design... Communicating this text on a system probably 10+ layers removed from the bare metal, it's hard to argue that you don't get a lot done by just embracing all of the frameworks and platforms, efficiency be damned. I think this is a significant factor that makes Moore, like Forth, a fairly fringe player in the programming language scene." Moore might be fringe, but Forth not so, and resource constrained Internet of Things is the brave new world. The things can be very small and very constrained indeed. Apple Watch. Nest. My coffee pot.
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Less Is Moore Steve Graham <solitary.wanderer52@gmail.com> - 2015-04-27 13:10 -0700
Re: Less Is Moore "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-27 21:22 +0100
Re: Less Is Moore "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-04-27 13:29 -1000
Re: Less Is Moore Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-04-28 01:12 -0700
Re: Less Is Moore "Rod Pemberton" <bork@lllljunkqwer.cpm> - 2015-04-27 18:37 -0400
Re: Less Is Moore "Rod Pemberton" <bork@lllljunkqwer.cpm> - 2015-04-27 18:39 -0400
Re: Less Is Moore "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-04-27 13:26 -1000
Re: Less Is Moore "Rod Pemberton" <bork@lllljunkqwer.cpm> - 2015-04-27 20:11 -0400
Re: Less Is Moore "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-04-27 17:59 -1000
Re: Less Is Moore "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-05-01 13:39 +1000
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