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A Forth Story (1995)
Mark Willsunread, Apr 4, 2012, 7:19:56 AM4/4/12 You do not have permission to delete messages in this group Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message to ...but is it the story of Forth? Enjoy. --------------------------------------------------------- A Forth Story Allen Cekorich Walnut Creek, California Forth Dimensions, July/August 1995 In 1975, I was fresh out of college with a bachelors degree in physics and a need to find a job that paid enough to support myself.
I was to work with the president and owner, Dr. Howard Marshall, Ph.D., on a project to develop an instrument to measure the real-time sulphur content of a coal stream by detecting and analysing the prompt gamma ray spectrum resulting from the absorption of thermal neutrons from a Californium 252 radioactive source. Mark Wills wrote: >> we stopped using Forth long ago for much the same reason: >> it is a niche tool for loners > > On the face of it, I'm inclined to agree, however there are numerous > published examples of Forth being used very successfully in multi- > programmer projects, by both Forth Inc, and MPE. ;-) ) >> >> we stopped using Forth long ago for much the same reason: >> it is a niche tool for loners > > As far as that story goes it was, but there is also a world of > professional-grade Forth systems, well-documented and supported by > successful vendors, conforming to international standards, and being > used in major projects in a variety of industries.
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