1. Re: PeuForth
- Posted by Peter Lawrence <peterl at NETLINK.COM.AU> Aug 30, 1999
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>David Cuny wrote: > >> Ken Rhodes wrote: >> >> > Hellooooooooooooooo!!!! Knock, Knock, Knock. Anybody there? >> > Hellooooooooooooooo?!!!!!! >> >> I'd say an apology to Peter Lawrence would be in order here. >> >> > Quit distracting David Cuny from writing graphical >> > interfaces that are the best thing going for making >> > Euphoria a mainstream language. >> >> Distracting me? I used to code in Forth professionally for a number of >> years, and (up to this point) found this thread quite enjoyable, although I >> certainly don't plan on coding in Forth again. >> >> Besides, I hardly think (1) the future of Euphoria rides on my shoulders or >> (2) Euphoria will ever be a mainstream language. >> >> -- David Cuny > >I apologize to Peter Lawrence for so cynicaly suggesting that a FORTH >implementation of Euphoria would be of little benefit. The ONLY positive benefit I was suggesting was that a cascader would increase the range of platforms Euphoria could reach easily. All the discussion of efficiency, disadvantages of Forth from being write-only, etc., was just meant to show that the cost wasn't too high for an interim bridging measure after all. The idea was NOT to suggest that a cascader was the right way to produce a final product. PML. GST+NPT=JOBS I.e., a Goods and Services Tax (or almost any other broad based production tax), with a Negative Payroll Tax, promotes employment. See http://users.netlink.com.au/~peterl/publicns.html#AFRLET2 and the other items on that page for some reasons why.