In my opinion, some concatenative go one or two steps too. Forth is more pragmatic and less academic, and let you do things the (almost) normal way: : min

In my opinion, some concatenative go one or two steps too. Forth is more pragmatic and less academic, and let you do things the (almost) normal way: : min 2dup < if drop else nip then ; If you want to write programs that solve your daily problems you use normal Forth. If you want to write a PhD or play, you use the fancy stuff.