Re: The Promise of Forth

Jonah Thomas wrote:
> 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?

But what really matters is what caused old Forthers to move on, and what 
keeps new ones away. We stubborn die-hards are not typical.

-- 
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.