Re: advantages of forth over other languages

John Passaniti wrote:
> 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.


I'll have to post more often ;-)

>  Could it be the "young programmers" you are talking to fully grok 
> Forth's advantages, but they may see disadvantages that you don't?

Was Forth ever widely understood by programmers? Most Forthers I've 
actually known have been scientists or engineers.

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