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- From: Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow)
- Subject: Re: Documenting
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:36:00 GMT
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- dwp+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug Philips) writes:
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- > How about: The fact that many still argue over screens vs. files is a
- > statement as to why Forth will never be accepted by the mainstream?
- >
- > Is Forth so rigid as to require one and disallow the other?
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- No, but using code optimized for screens rather than readability as an
- example of "good Forth", or even "what Forth looks like", might turn away
- potential new users. It might be better if the public image of Forth used
- the formatting and file handling that most programmers are familiar with. If
- those new Forth'ers then looked deeper and decided that screens would suit
- their personality/purpose/style better, then they are welcome to use it.
-
- I doubt that potential Forth'ers will be turned off upon seeing regular file
- systems. Does anyone think the opposite is true?
-
- Some potential Forth'ers might be turned off by seeing heated "screens vs
- files" composing half the net traffic. :(
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- Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca
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