On Mar 10, 4:10 pm, John Doty <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Bruce McFarling wrote:
> > On Mar 10, 6:02 pm, John Doty <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> I think Jonah really hit the issue on the head with:
>
> >> > If an expert told you that in his extensive experience internal
> >> > combustion engines work very well for land vehicles, would you
then
> >> > immediately say there's something wrong with internal combustion
engines
> >> > because they can't be used at sea or in the air?
>
> >> It's a good question, but my answer wasn't what he expected. In the
real
> >> history here, the experts faced the problems and rose to the
challenges,
> >> rather than arguing that the engine was only for land vehicles.
Indeed,
> >> their response *created* practical air vehicles.
>
> > This is not what the challenge above says. The expert above simply
> > says that internal combustion vehicles work very well for land
> > vehicles. The expert does not say anything regarding air or sea
> > vehicles. Indeed, the ex****t could be talking in 2007, with a long
> > history of internal combustion engines being used in a variety of air
> > and sea vehicles.
>
> > And the answer to the question ... would you infer a statement about a
> > lack of capability in another area from the fact that the expert talks
> > in their area of expertise ... the answer is evidently yes, as you did
> > so above.
>
> >> So what restricts Forth to proprietary applications?
>
> > At present, a lack of an established non-proprietary code base that
> > can be readily used as a platform for the creation of additions to
> > that code base. That is a path-dependency, not a static feature of
> > Forth.
>
> Excellent! A constructive response! What prevented this from emerging in
> the past? How can we create such a thing?
>
> --
> John Doty, Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.http://www.noqsi.com/
> --
> History teaches that logical consistency is neither sufficient nor
> necessary to establish practical, real world truth. Those who attempt to
> use logic for that purpose are abusing it.
Apparently in forth "as soon as you think it, it is done" and it makes
things much easier to put together based on your own specific
problem. Didn't mr moore himself say do not use code of others? Your
problem may have speacial kinks. I am almost finished with problems
of ch4 in starting forth and already I have ideas on how to do
things.....oh yeah loving it!!
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