Re: The strengths of FORTH

William James schrieb:
> On Mar 29, 5:48 am, Reinhold Straub <demarc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Please compare:
> > C: int float +   \ 2 type words, 1 operator word
> > Forth: + f+     \ 1 type modifier, 1 operator word
>
> Compare
>   int long float +  -   *   /
> to
>   +   -    *     /  d+  d-  d*  d/  f+  f-  f*  f/

C:
=A0 int long float (int) (long) (float)  int*  long*  float*  (int*)
(long*) (float*)  + =A0- =A0 * =A0 /

Forth:

  +  -  *  /  d  f

and combinations of these.

You may dislike how it looks like in Forth but more complex it is not.


> Information hiding is essential for efficient programming.

Yes. The more information you hide the better.