| |
> I am new to this group so please forgive this
> reply to an old thread.
Steve, welcome to LugNet and this group specifically.
The pbForth group has been a bit sparse lately, but
rest assured good things will happen soon.
> I've been doing embedded realtime software for
> over 20 years.
Sounds like you've got lots of expreince with different
paradigms, which is one of the most important aspects
of being a good designer....
> If you are anxious about downloading precompiled byte
> code you probably are not writing code directly on the
> RCX which means you aren't using pbFORTH's primary
> strength. If you insist on the edit/compile/download/run
> cycle then this language is probably not for you. I
> prefer the diddle/diddle/diddle/edit/compile/download/diddle
> model for learning how to match code to my robots physical
> properties.
Can I use this description of the model on my website? :-)
> What floors me is how anyone could complain about any of
> these. If you don't like it be happy you have choices.
> Choose the language that matches your personal needs,
> abilities and habits but don't say the others are wrong
> because they don't suit you. It may very well be that
> the defect is in your understanding.
>
> I hope pbFORTH has a long and glorious life. It didn't
> surprise me to find it. FORTH runs everywhere. There is
> a reason.
Well said. There is (as I'm sure you are aware) a generation
of programmers that never wrote thier own assembler or woke
up a parent or sibling to show them an LED flashing on a KIM-1
single board computer.
Hopefully pbForth will bring some of the thrills back.
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
--------------------------------------------------------
Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at:
<http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbFORTH>
--------------------------------------------------------
Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com
--------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Thought on pbForth
|
| Ralph Hempel writes: > > I've been doing embedded realtime software for > > over 20 years. > > Sounds like you've got lots of expreince with different > paradigms, which is one of the most important aspects > of being a good designer.... My (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Thought on pbForth
|
| I am new to this group so please forgive this reply to an old thread. I've been doing embedded realtime software for over 20 years. A small amount of that has been using FORTH. The question is what does FORTH add to robotics software development? To (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
|
7 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
