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On Thursday, 28 September 2023 at 18:34:29 UTC+1, John Hart wrote:
> On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 8:22:52 AM UTC-7, Zbig wrote:
> > > But Fig is directly responsible for where Forth is today. Washing
> > > its hands of fig-Forth (it had served its purpose we were told),
> > > Fig found itself a new role - to facilitate and develop a Forth
> > > Standard through the FST (Forth Standards Team). FST gave us
> > > Forth-79 and Forth-83. Forth-83 was in turn the basis document
> > > of ANS-Forth.
>
> > The good thing about Forth standards is that there are so many
> > to choose from. :D
> In the 90s I proposed Absolute Forth, a simple defining language
to describe Forth variants.
> The idea was to make is so automated tools could convert library
functions from one variant to
> another. At the time the idea went over like a lead balloon, probably because
> it used local variables to define stack operations ... : OVER {
a b - - a b a } a b a ; ...
> which Forth Fundimentalists strongly objected to.
> jrh
> Reality is an information process, set in montion and sustained
by God for a purpose.
ANY idea or definition that avoids the availabitiy if 50 or 100+
Forths is to be applauded..
In comparison to other languages so many Forths just lead to death
of this wondeful language.
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