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To be fair, Moore originally wanted the language to be called "Fourth": > The file holding the interpreter was labeled FORTH, for 4th (next) generation software - but the operating system restricted file names to 5 characters. http://www.colorforth.com/HOPL.html http://www.colorforth.com/HOPL.html It was the OS for the IBM 1130: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1130 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1130 Because it was the cheapest computer IBM had at the time, it got used by a lot of young pioneers in their salad days.