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I experimented with Forth with my Apple II (I had serial number 71, one of the early ones!). I liked the interactive bottom up REPL coding style, but I found it
by mark_l_watson 7y ago
I experimented with Forth with my Apple II (I had serial number 71, one of the early ones!). I liked the interactive bottom up REPL coding style, but I found it difficult to read code that I had written the week before.
After playing with Forth, I bought Pegasus Lisp for the Apple II and for me Lisp hits a sweet spot of concision, bottom up REPL development, and readability.
That said, I can see why some people like Forth if they are very experienced with it and can get things done quickly.
- timbit42 7y agoReading the book 'Thinking Forth' will help you write legible code.
- carapace 7y agoI second this, IMO to a first approximation reading that book is the way to understand programming in Forth. http://thinking-forth.sourceforge.net/ http://thinking-forth.sourceforge.net/
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- kazinator 7y agoI played with something called GraFORTH on my II+ clone.