keithe (12/07/82)
There has been some interest expressed, originating in net.micro, regarding the creation of net.lang.forth. Interested parties please reply (to me, via mail) and if enough SITES* (not just people) are represented in the positive then we'll see about getting it started. If there is not enough interest to warrant the new group, perhaps those of us still interested could form a mailing list? FORTH LOVE IF REPLY *"enough SITES" probably means ELSE MOVE-ON 15-20 sites replying between THEN now and January '83 or so keith ericson ...decvax!teklabs!keithe or ...ucbvax!teklabs!keithe
keithe (12/16/82)
The response in favor of forming net.lang.forth continues to greatly outweigh the negatives; but an exact count is difficult because some (pro) responses allude to more than a single user expressing their interest with a single response (...we at XXX are interested...). (By the way, that's a good way of cutting down on uucp/whatever transfers - thank you to those responding in this manner). An at least one system administrator has responded to the affirmative, representing his systems' users. But the numbers STILL aren't substantial enough yet to warrant formation of a net group. 16 replies in favor, one or two opposed (by the way, I asked the nay-sayers to elucidate and have not yet received any elaboration; maybe thy're just kill-joys?). If the number of interested folks doesn't warrant a net-wide news group then I'd be willing to create/maintain a mailing list, and to act as a collector and distributor of FORTH information. SO IF YOU WANT TO GET information on FORTH from the net - either via netnews or mailing list, send me your response indicating such. Then, if we still don't have enough interest to form net.lang.forth I'll have a list from which to form a mailing list. Now - that should also help to get responses from those of you who are hesitant to respond, thinking that net.lang.forth will be formed even if you don't respond. If I don't hear from you then you won't be on the mailing list.... keith ericson at teklabs ...decvax!teklabs!keithe or ...ucbvax!teklabs!keithe PS - If you've already responded, thanks. No need to do it again.