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- From: hall@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John Hall)
- Subject: Forth for the market place
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- Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 04:06:54 GMT
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- A quick note to get ideas turning.
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- In our local newspaper ( the Sydney Morning Herald 20/7/92 ),
- there was a cover article stating that " The Chip " is taking
- away jobs. It goes on to say that we need more people who know
- how to interact with machines, not as an apendage but as an
- intergrated part. What better language could one ask for than
- Forth! With its quick interactivness, it is a perfect vessel to
- spearhead the community into the next work place generation.
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- Forth's adaptation to variables is quick and can be performed
- without the need for lengthy compiling. In fact the underlying
- code can stay invisable, yet still allow full use of the
- program.
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- As with most success stories, we need to get the young involved.
- If kids took home small projects (and completed them), Mum and
- Dad would realise that their investment wasn't just an expensive
- dust collector or "add-on" games machine. The projects need to
- fire children's imagination, stimulating their desire to explore
- the language's capacity.
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- Forth must push its way into this ideal market of interactivity
- between people and machines. To do this, Forth has to be shown
- as an easy to use "tool", that has the power to bring us a more
- intelligent way of life. When Charles Moore first created this
- language, his view of the heavens expanded. It's now up to us to
- encourage the use of this language, to fulfill our destiny and
- touch the stars.
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