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.