J1S1443@TAMVENUS.BITNET (THESIS MACHINE) (09/02/88)
>Peter M. Yadlowsky >Academic Computing Center writes: >Baggage, baggage and more baggage. Type checking?! *gag* I don't want Just remember that statement when you end up chasing an error around and around because you forgot something! >Forth is, more than anything else, a language used to implement languages... An amazing statement! That is what C's ORIGINAL purpose was!!!! >S/he uses it to build a custom language that suits the application; That is (from my point of view) a potential sore spot in FORTH. The orignal programmer writes it, then I may have to maintain it or worse MODIFY it. >Don't want it. Don't need it. Don't want to pay for it (with money, time, >memory, or undue complexity). Is this serious enough? Yep. But can you prove it? Have you tried it. Or in other words, where's the numbers???? James N. Stricherz jns1443@tamstar (BITNET) Texas A&M University J.STRICHERZ1 (GEnie) USPS:Box 4309, College Station, TX 77844 Phone(work):(409) 845-4329 "Bugs are sons of glitches" ! Disclaimer: Huh? Who, me? Nah, I never sent that message! I don't even know ! ! about that discussion group!!! It's not my fault! !