I read that a while back also. I'm afraid you got the wrong impression. Forth is another tool, to be used when appropriate. It seems best used when you can adop

I read that a while back also. I'm afraid you got the wrong impression. Forth is another tool, to be used when appropriate. It seems best used when you can adopt the whole Forth worldview, which goes far beyond the typical mental shifts required to switch between, say, C and Lisp. As I understand it, Forth shines when you look at the entirety of a project and are prepared to find the leanest, most elegant solution to the exact problem, not limited to writing programs for commodity hardware. Forth people are kind of like Motie Engineers[1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_in_God%27s_Eye#Moties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_in_God%27s_Eye#Moties