Re: advantages of forth over other languages

"John Passaniti" <nntp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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?
>

I cannot say because there was no discussion: "...impossible to me to 
explain
the advantages of Forth..."

> 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.
>
Sure, but I wanted to speek about the advantages of Forth. (the good 
side,
if you prefer).

> 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.
>
I agree, some langage have Forth features and more. Or more but the
Forth features. It seems to me you like speek about generality.

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