Re: advantages of forth over other languages

kenney@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>  I don't know about the commercial systems but the free ones I have come
> across can not really compete in terms of development systems. Compare
> the IDE of Delphi with that of WinForth. It is possible to write a
> simple database in Delphi without having to do any coding at all.

But you can do a more complex database program in Access without any
coding
as well - if you are looking for an IDE where you don't have to code at
all, you shouldn't be looking for a programming language.

>  Personally I prefer Forth to Object Pascal as a language to program in
> but for Windows apps at least Delphi is far easier to use as a
> development tool.

You might want to have a look at MINOS if you want to do GUIs in Forth.

-- 
Bernd Paysan
"If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"
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