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Stories like this always astound me. Learning Forth is probably less difficult than the average GUI widget library. Anyone who I'd trust around a C compiler cou
by bcoates 13y ago
Stories like this always astound me. Learning Forth is probably less difficult than the average GUI widget library. Anyone who I'd trust around a C compiler could probably become a serviceable Forth coder in a weekend.
Do moderately bright kids not get exposed to HP RPN calculators anymore?
- coolsunglasses 13y ago>Do moderately bright kids not get exposed to HP RPN calculators anymore? No, they learn BASIC (maybe) on the TI graphing calculators.
- smoyer 13y agoI did exactly that ... learned FORTH to get a job and (almost) immediately started helping with embedded systems using assembly and C.
- robomartin 13y agoWell, for what it's worth all we have at home are HP calculators. I taught my oldest kid to use them. He's the only kid in his school with an HP41. His math and science teachers didn't know how to use it.