Re: advantages of forth over other languages

Stephen Pelc wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:54:14 -0700, "slava@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"
> <slava@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> How come there are no free, well-debugged, well-do***ented libraries
>> for Forth which perform the tasks you describe, such as text
>> processing, web application development, GUIs, etc? If it's so easy,
>> why do some people in this very newsgroup admit to using Perl for text
>> processing, Tcl/Tk for GUIs, and so on?
> 
> Because they cost money to develop, debug and do***ent.
> 
> Many of the libraries you want actually exist. The're just not free of
> cost.

But other languages have communities that distribute such libraries for 
free. Some of this stuff is *really* good. These communities find 
various ways to fund the work. Your model isn't the only one that works.

That Forth lacks this is a severe weakness.

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