Re: Jazelle?

From	rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.raspberry-pi, comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Jazelle?
Date	2016-07-20 11:46 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 7/20/2016 11:40 AM, alister wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:52:40 -0400, rickman wrote:
>
>> On 7/20/2016 9:52 AM, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
>>> "Doug Hoffman" <glidedog@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:578f5616$0$297$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
>>>> On 7/20/16 5:31 AM, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
>>>>> Consider the solution of the quadratic equation expressed in a HLL
>>>>>
>>>>> X = (-B + SQRT ( B**2 - 4*A*C))?2*A
>>>>>
>>>>> ... then consider what you have to do in Forth to achieve the same
>>>>> end. of pushing variables onto the stack and manipulating that stack
>>>>> to realise that Forth is, indeed, assembly language!
>>>>
>>>> The above reminds me of the debates we used to have (mid 1970s) about
>>>> RPN vs algebraic pocket calculators.
>>>>
>>>> With algebraic one had to use and keep track of parentheses and
>>>> remember operator precedence rules. Yes, RPN at first feels unnatural,
>>>> but with a little practice it became the preferred method for many of
>>>> us.
>>>
>>> But this is not aboput a calculator; it is about a computer program
>>> laid out on paper,
>>> and one in which the syntax checking of the HLL compiler will root out
>>> mismatched parentheses in a way that no sytax checking in Forth would
>>> root out, for example,
>>> an extra DUP inserted into the assembly-like code.
>>
>> HLL can't find faulty use of parentheses unless you simply don't balance
>> them.
>
> is is a shame that Forth is a write only language

Lol.  Only true for those who can't write good code in any language.

-- 

Rick C

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Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-18 10:50 +0100
  Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-19 20:25 -0400
    Re: Jazelle? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-07-20 07:08 +0100
      Re: Jazelle? Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> - 2016-07-20 08:54 +0100
        Re: Jazelle? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-07-20 09:29 +0100
          Re: Jazelle? Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2016-07-20 12:56 +0000
            Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-20 14:54 +0100
              Re: Jazelle? Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2016-07-20 18:40 +0100
                Re: Jazelle? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-07-20 19:12 +0100
                Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 15:17 -0400
                Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-20 20:32 +0100
                Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 15:37 -0400
                CAN / LIN auto bus (was Jazelle?) jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) - 2016-07-20 17:53 -0400
                Re: CAN / LIN auto bus (was Jazelle?) Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-07-20 22:28 +0000
                Re: CAN / LIN auto bus (was Jazelle?) druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2016-07-20 23:37 +0100
          Re: Jazelle? alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-07-20 13:34 +0000
            Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 10:26 -0400
            Re: Jazelle? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-07-20 19:51 -0400
        Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-20 10:31 +0100
          Re: Jazelle? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-20 10:14 +0000
            Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-20 14:49 +0100
              Re: Jazelle? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-20 14:35 +0000
                Re: Jazelle? mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> - 2016-07-20 17:39 +0100
                Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-20 20:30 +0100
                Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 15:35 -0400
                Re: Jazelle? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-21 10:43 +0000
                Re: Jazelle? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-21 12:44 +0000
                Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-21 22:59 +0100
                Re: Jazelle? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-22 06:42 +0000
                Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-22 12:03 +0100
                Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-22 09:05 -0400
                Re: Jazelle? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2016-07-22 19:20 +0300
                Re: Jazelle? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-25 10:43 +0000
                Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-26 11:41 +0100
          Re: Jazelle? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 06:44 -0400
            Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-20 14:52 +0100
              Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 10:52 -0400
                Re: Jazelle? alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-07-20 15:40 +0000
                Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 11:46 -0400
            Re: Jazelle? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2016-07-21 01:27 +0000
              Re: Jazelle? "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2016-07-21 05:58 +0200
                Re: Jazelle? colonel_hack@yahoo.com - 2016-07-21 16:29 -0700
                Re: Jazelle? "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2016-07-22 01:56 +0200
                Re: Jazelle? colonel_hack@yahoo.com - 2016-07-22 14:04 -0700
                Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-22 11:59 +0100
          Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 10:56 -0400
      Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 10:24 -0400
    Re: Jazelle? Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2016-07-20 14:38 +0100
      Re: Jazelle? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-20 14:57 +0100
        Re: Jazelle? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 10:53 -0400

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