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My point is FORTH should definitely be on the list. It is pretty much dead as an actual programming language in that no one programs in it anymore. But it was/i
by danbmil99 4y ago
My point is FORTH should definitely be on the list. It is pretty much dead as an actual programming language in that no one programs in it anymore. But it was/is very influential... For example, PostScript is basically a dialect of FORTH.
- alwillis 4y ago> My point is FORTH should definitely be on the list. It is pretty much dead as an actual programming language in that no one programs in it anymore. Forth—not dead! The Forth community just had their 37th conference a few months ago [1]. It's obscure no doubt but it's still being used and dev tools are still being developed and updated. Apparently the FedEx handheld scanner runs on Forth and it's also used to create firmware and boot loaders [2] for various embedded systems [3]. [1]: https://forth-standard.org https://forth-standard.org [2]: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8 https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader&sektion=8 [3]: https://www.forth.com/resources/forth-apps/ https://www.forth.com/resources/forth-apps/
- ComputerGuru 4y agoYeah, FreeBSD is/was a big Forth user for its boot menu, but that’s being ported to Lua now.
- DonHopkins 4y agoNot just FreeBSD, but Sun SPARC, Apple PowerMac, Pegasos, IBM Power Systems, OLPC XO-1, and other systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Firmware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Firmware
- JadeNB 4y ago> My point is FORTH should definitely be on the list. It is pretty much dead as an actual programming language in that no one programs in it anymore. But it was/is very influential... Wow, I totally misunderstood your point. I'm sorry.