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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTH (not)
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On 10/24/24 8:13 PM, Peter Flass wrote:
> magardner2010 <magardner2010@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 23/10/2024 01:36, John Ames wrote:
>>> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:23:31 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> And you really expect the young kids today to spend the extra effort
>>>> learning something like Forth?
>>>
>>> I don't expect anyone to do anything! They're free to use whatever fits
>>> their workflow and personal tastes best!
>>>
>>> It's just funny to watch you be so dedicated to dismissing out-of-hand
>>> a thing that nobody was even pressuring you to use, is all.
>>>
>> And if I might interject, I am a 24-year old who has not that long ago
>> started learning the UXN (https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxn.html) system.
>> While it isn't a bare-metal FORTH, targetting a virtual machine, in
>> terms of learning about FORTHs, I think it qualifies.
>>
>> And if I don't qualify as a "young kid", well, I have a 13-year-old
>> brother, who has also started learning the language.
>>
> 
> In this group you could be twice your age and still be considered a
> youngste

   Heh, heh ... probably true  :-)

   A lot of us got our start BEFORE the IBM-PC, before
   'PC's at all. My first "PC" was a PDP-11 with a card
   reader and you had to stand in line holding a pile
   of the cards.

   DON'T DROP 'EM !!!

   But at least some of the 'kids' are super smart, and
   more attuned to how it's done NOW/TOMORROW ... so I'll
   pay attention.

   (uxn is an almost FORTH-like hyper-simple lang with
   a very tiny 'compiler' - though I suppose you COULD
   do some real stuff with it)

   https://wiki.xxiivv.com/etc/uxnmin.c.txt