Re: advantages of forth over other languages

helmwo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 schrieb:
> On Oct 3, 9:42 pm, John Passaniti <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> hel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> Oh, Forth has also very strange disadvantages. No matter that also a
> small HTTP-server is possible with gforth, I still prefer to use Perl
> for simple "text tasks". As I prefer Tcl/Tk for quickly writing a
> graphical interface (also interfacing Forth-programs) 

I disagree. if your business is textprocessing you build your
best suited vocabulary for that. is not much work in Forth
to do so, and than you have it - forever.

> Forth is good if you have to make your own domain specific language.
> If for your problem domain there is a language out there, dont use
> Forth if you dont have good reasons...

again, if GUI Scripting is what you need, build your 'domain specific
language'. I did it for web development. first for Smalltalk, than
for Java then for C and now for Forth. is the smallest and best
implementation I did. far better and simpler than JSP or PHP.
but, you must do it yourself.

> 
> -Helmar
> 

best wishes
Andreas Klimas