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From: dxf <dxforth@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Back & Forth - 4tH I/O and You
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 11:24:27 +1000
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On 21/05/2025 9:16 pm, Hans Bezemer wrote:
> ... 
> "AntiForth"? What does that even mean? If "un-Forth-like" is meant, everyone seems to have a different idea what that actually means. So - as you remark - is that even a valid question, in the sense that such question can be universally answered? Doesn't that very idea violate Feynman's "I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that cannot be questioned"?
> 
> True, I tend to answer that one publicly over and over again- but certainly not universally. ;-) It's still "the gospel according to Hans Bezemer" - for those who haven't gotten the memo yet.

In my case it was a library (application template?) and libraries in Forth are
on the nose (Moore won't even re-use his own code).  That was the reference.
So maybe I shouldn't be surprised if users have stayed clear - even if I use
it literally daily and wouldn't be without it.  OTOH it might be a portability
thing - users sticking with the standard I/O functions.