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And Forth was invented by Charles Moore while at NRAO! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Moore?wprov=sfti1#Early_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch
by TruffleLabs 1y ago
And Forth was invented by Charles Moore while at NRAO!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Moore?wprov=sfti1#Early_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Moore?wprov=sfti1#E...
"In 1968, while employed at the United States National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), Moore invented the initial version of the Forth language to help control radio telescopes."
- macintux 1y agoW. Richard Stevens wrote a Forth manual for Kitt Peak in the 70s. Now I’m curious how many observatories used the language.
- TruffleLabs 1y agoThis has some great background on Forth's history and use at observatories. "The evolution of Forth | History of programming languages---II" - https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/234286.1057832 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/234286.1057832
- jaskerr 1y agoI know of one: the U.S. Naval Observatory near Flagstaff, Arizona. I lived in Flagstaff in 1979. I knew the astronomer and visited him at the observatory at night. He showed me a terminal running Forth that could control the telescope. I’m sure there were many other sites.