On 1/11/08 11:15 AM, in article 1200068143.877.1200052839@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"David
Williams" <david.williams@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> -> What i would really like; is for my MacBook to have a built in
> -> programming language that's as easy to use as RPL ( The programming
> -> language used by my HP48 programmable calculator ) It is the easiest
> -> and most intuitive programming language i've ever seen...
>
> A language called Forth, which was trendy about 25 years ago, used
> Reverse Polish Notation. I learned it reasonably well. However, it
> never really caught on, mainly because most people found the RPN way of
> doing things very *counter*-intuitive.
>
> I don't know if there are any implementations of Forth still on the
> market.
Yes, Forth is still around. Just ask that question on comp.lang.forth, you
will get a few answers.
Or check out http://www.forth.com/
There are a few commercial, and a lot of non-commercial.
Stephen Pelc just released VFX Forth for Linux.
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