> FORTH = because the machine Chuck Moore was using wouldn't accept a longer name; he wanted to call it "Fourth" Additionally, he wanted to name it "Fourth" be

> FORTH = because the machine Chuck Moore was using wouldn't accept a longer name; he wanted to call it "Fourth" Additionally, he wanted to name it "Fourth" because it was targeting the fourth generation of computers [1] that featured the first hard disks (IIRC) - not because he thought of it as a fourth generation language. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware_(1960s%E2%80%93present)#Fourth_generation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware_...