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Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx
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Date: 
Wed, 24 Nov 1999 20:13:26 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Vlad Dumitrescu writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, Ralph Hempel writes:
> > It's funny, but a lot of what you need to do to write good Forth is
> > done for you under the hood by C compilers. The wierd thing is
> > that a C compiler intermingles data and return values on one stack
> > while Forth separates them.
> 
> I agree that Forth is better than many other languages in many ways. What I • was
> saying was that it has a different look-and-feel and one needs to get used to
> it first. Plus that it is not very easy to switch from for example C to Forth
> and back all the time... ;-)

But very refreshing gymnastic, isn't it?
;-)

Sergey



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(...) I agree that Forth is better than many other languages in many ways. What I was saying was that it has a different look-and-feel and one needs to get used to it first. Plus that it is not very easy to switch from for example C to Forth and (...) (27 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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