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This would be great if it was for a language that had more popularity. I mean, Forth is great for learning what a stack is or how to program a telescope (look
by mwexler 14y ago
This would be great if it was for a language that had more popularity. I mean, Forth is great for learning what a stack is or how to program a telescope (look it up), but think how great this could be to help folks learn Pascal or Basic. We could help the next great generation of programmers!
Just kidding. I actually got a real kick out of seeing this again, reminding me of my old ValForth and FigForth days on the Atari.
- gatherknwldg 14y agoIs your whole comment just kidding, or are you just kidding about helping the next great generation of programmers? I'll take a programmer who with a deep understanding of Forth over a programmer who cobbled together a Rails app on Heroko. Every day of the week.
- StavrosK 14y agoI'll take a programmer with a deep understanding of anything over a programmer who cobbled together anything.
- rasur 14y agoSide point, unrelated to the article.. If you like Forth, you could do worse than to have a look at Factor.