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From: | Elizabeth D Rather |
Subject: | Re: How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ? |
Date: | Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:20:59 -1000 |
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On 1/2/11 9:14 AM, w_a_x_man wrote:
On Jan 2, 6:59 am, Doug Hoffman<glide...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Forth remains only as primitive as you want it to be.That is equally true of assembly language. Forth is a low-level language used primarily for programming embedded applications such as controlling the flushing of a toilet. "Forth, the toilet-flusher!"
I actually know of no toilet-control applications of Forth. But I do know some applications controlling satellite tracking antennas, large-scale electric power-distribution systems, satellite instrumentation, scientific instruments, and quite a few other pretty non-trivial applications.
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