Re: advantages of forth over other languages

On May 6, 4:11 am, John Passaniti <my-first-name-
h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
\>If my grandmother was still alive, it would be great to describe
design
> patterns to her and get her reaction.  Knowing her, she would probably
> say, "well, duh, how else would programmers talk about what they do--
> everyone needs a common language to describe their work."  She would
> then make me the best cheese-salad sandwiches in the world.

Note that for this, a pattern language that is "good enough" to allow
people to talk about their design activity, and is widely understood,
is superior to a pattern language that is "ideal" for a particular
design activity, but is not widely understood.

That is, after all, was the rationale for a Scientific Interactive
Command Language with Forth as its assembler ... something that looks
much like a common pseudo-code but can be interpreted, incrementally
compiled and run, and that when you crack the hood allows you to get
as close to the metal as the host Forth allows ... which for many
hosts would be quite close to the metal indeed.