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Article #1166Re: How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ?
From: Elizabeth D Rather
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:20
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:20
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On 1/2/11 9:14 AM, w_a_x_man wrote: > On Jan 2, 6:59 am, Doug Hoffman<glide...@gmail.com> wrote: ... >> Forth remains only as primitive as you want it to be. >> > > That is equally true of assembly language. > > Forth is a low-level language used primarily for programming embedded > applications such as controlling the flushing of a toilet. > > "Forth, the toilet-flusher!" I actually know of no toilet-control applications of Forth. But I do know some applications controlling satellite tracking antennas, large-scale electric power-distribution systems, satellite instrumentation, scientific instruments, and quite a few other pretty non-trivial applications. Cheers, Elizabeth -- ================================================== Elizabeth D. Rather (US & Canada) 800-55-FORTH FORTH Inc. +1 310.999.6784 5959 West Century Blvd. Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90045 http://www.forth.com "Forth-based products and Services for real-time applications since 1973." ==================================================
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