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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: minforth@gmx.net (minforth) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Back & Forth - Co-routines Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 10:20:40 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <5a0218b4d50ec4d6fe658d60384da2bc@www.novabbs.com> References: <nnd$2fb29a8e$298ef3f8@23fe4f00fa62d734> <vnq10p$162l3$1@dont-email.me> <nnd$28e37865$1ff3c947@ec3118cc4d5fd42b> <874j1aycdt.fsf@nightsong.com> <nnd$68d49e22$0e1b270a@ce4705a037955a82> <3c3bdb056696f15c43fa512b5366002d@www.novabbs.com> <2025Feb6.135712@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <3955434636b2a293c6a9c6d726ff6eae@www.novabbs.com> <ad7048513cca2117bb04396db85ef6196a257605@i2pn2.org> <2025Feb6.182051@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <246bf746dbd7827c3e6edf3027f51ef8c416c39d@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3092620"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="BZ29EnRIXfdX99fE+pfHgueF2xuF1KvSpLJsfuOZy3Y"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: 0338a3da6f3e9c9f1401b365bcd9c3ed8de2227a X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$2KMt2cfN5IrMM5Ont4ilJOWOPTQvkTDdQeUmrgNbbrre0mekI/n4m X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 1822 Lines: 10 Where does this self-limiting backwardness come from? Virtually all modern embedded devices communicate with their outside world, and multitasking comes naturally. On the software side, closures can be a very helpful tool for communication and task management. So virtually all modern programming languages support closures (albeit with subtle nuances). I think a modern Forth should not be closed to modern programming concepts. DOS is finally history.