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| From | "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem |
| Date | 2016-10-13 12:51 +1000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <ntmpbn$lor$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <ntlfme$sfa$1@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl> <35e5237f-7f5a-4b17-9f76-8b9e4f6c80bc@googlegroups.com> <ntmi9q$ehr$1@gioia.aioe.org> <ntmnp0$ub3$1@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl> |
Albert van der Horst wrote: > In article <ntmi9q$ehr$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Ed <invalid@nospam.com> wrote: > > > >Of course, once you know Forth who needs BASIC. The same can be said > >for abstraction and other attempts to 'dumb down' Forth. > ... > I'd say that 8th and oforth are valuable attempts to 'dumb up' Forth. Historically such ventures have not survived, IMO for the reason given. I do however commend their authors for their courage in 'going it alone' and not imposing their ideas on others.
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Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-12 16:00 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 10:19 -0700
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-10-13 10:50 +1000
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-13 03:24 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2016-10-13 12:51 +1000
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 17:41 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem mhx@iae.nl - 2016-10-12 11:37 -0700
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-12 21:20 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 05:01 -0700
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-13 14:27 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem Coos Haak <htrofhc@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 16:27 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 14:08 -0700
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2016-10-14 07:26 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-10-14 01:07 -0700
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-14 00:48 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-16 11:49 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-16 21:16 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem jim <anon@example.com> - 2016-10-17 00:37 +0100
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem foxaudioresearch@gmail.com - 2016-10-18 12:02 -0700
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-18 15:51 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-18 10:30 -0400
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-18 18:54 +0200
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-18 14:51 -0400
Re: Basic in Forth: an old gem albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-19 14:32 +0200
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