BEDOIAN@UTSW.BITNET (07/21/89)
In regards to succesfully using FORTH in the marketplace: FIrst of all I feel fairly out of place sending this message, since I do not currently do any programming in FORTH...but once upon a time...I worked for a software company (which remain un-named) which did almost all of its development in FORTH. We used a proprietary system, and were able to create remarkably compact code. I learned FORTH while working with this company and enjoyed working with it, although I'm a use what you've got on the job kind of person and really haven't used it since. Part of the reason I enjoyed FORTH were the strict documentation and coding standards enforced by our head of development. On the whole, our code was consistent, easy to read and debug. The particular project I worked on was an implememtation of LOGO for PCs. In terms of succesfully completing the project, I am happy to say we were (and it was a fairly large project). In terms of making a million...we were quite unsuccessful, but I would say this due to poor management on the business end and not any problems with FORTH