Re: The Promise of Forth

William James <w_a_x_man@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Jonah Thomas <jethom...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> >    The less that extra complexity leaves you making
> > work for yourself, the more time you have available to think and
> > simplify and the more actual results you can produce.
> >
> > It's true for some Forth programmers. When people try Forth and
> > decide it wouldn't work for them, they may be right. The Forth
> > Promise
> 
> You are capitalizing it as though it were your god.
> I think that this is a religious belief that has no
> connection with facts or reason.

I'm trying to state the essential thing that keeps Forth programmers
using Forth. When you just experience it, you don't necessarily know how
to say it. I'm trying to say it and I may not be doing a good job of
that.

What is it that keeps you using Forth? Why haven't you moved on to
Python or Ruby or whatever?