Re: advantages of forth over other languages

Celime wrote:
> Todays programmings languages are so distant from Forth that it appears
> impossible to me to explain the advantages of Forth to the young 
> programmers.

So much of the discussion in comp.lang.forth is about Forth's 
advantages, but I rarely see anyone talking about Forth's disadvantages. 
  Could it be the "young programmers" you are talking to fully grok 
Forth's advantages, but they may see disadvantages that you don't?

Could it also be that you're assuming that advantages in one domain 
equates to advantages in another?  Forth is a great language for 
embedded systems.  That doesn't mean that Forth is necessarily a great 
language for web-based applications.

Another question:  Many times in comp.lang.forth we see Forth compared 
to "other languages."  But in reality, there is rarely a comparison to 
"other languages."  Usually the comparison is with C, ignoring the much 
larger universe of languages out there.  And certainly, when comparing 
Forth and C, there are a number of advantages.  But when you start 
looking outside C, some of the features that were traditionally seen as 
unique in Forth are actually common.