1. Re: euForth
- Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Aug 26, 1999
- 580 views
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> Noah Smith wondered:
>
> > what is Forth, and why is there so much porting of it?
>
Dave Cuny wrote (good answers!)
The only thing to add is that FORTH is often called a "write only" language.
You can write code that runs, but two hours later, it makes no sense whatever.
Here's an example:
Creating a FORTH word like Euphoria's <= (less than or equal)
: <= 2DUP < ROT ROT = = 0= ;
Irv
