Msg: 7035 *Conference*
03-30-97 13:16:57
From: DAVID FIRTH
To : COMET _
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #6994 (FORTH)
Not at the moment. The firm I used to work for did a lot of embedded control in Forth. I just tinkered with it. Pascal was (and is) my preferred language. I still keep a few Forth's around for fun, but never did any serious work in Forth. Being successful with Forth requires a bit of a warped way of viewing code. My structured background was a barrier :) Ever lurked around comp.lang.forth on the net? If you muddle beyond the typical crap in the newsgroups, you'll find a few people who are serious about the language. Elizabeth Rather (Forth Inc) has been known to respod to posts, and I suspect a few others (Jack Woehr, Rick VanNorman, Ting) hang out there too. I worked with VanNorman for a few years -- he showed me that Forth was not simply a toy or only for embedded control.