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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!att-out!cbnewsl!cbnewsk!martym
  2. From: martym@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (martin.mcgowan)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
  4. Subject: Re: Free Forth
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep5.014538.9964@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>
  6. Date: 5 Sep 92 01:45:38 GMT
  7. References: <BEVAN.92Aug11092121@jaguar.cs.man.ac.uk> <1992Aug12.213552.18782@crd.ge.com> <BtIM7n.G7I@starnine.com>
  8. Organization: AT&T
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  11. In article <BtIM7n.G7I@starnine.com> mikeh@starnine.com (Mike Haas) writes:
  12. >In article <1992Aug12.213552.18782@crd.ge.com> eaker@ukulele.crd.ge.com writes:
  13. >
  14. >>...Elizabeth Rather's
  15. >>recent posting nicely outlines the business considerations which
  16. >>strongly suggest that ANSI figForth will not meet with the popularity
  17. >>that C did despite its technical merits.
  18. >
  19. >Is there ANYONE who believes that Forth, ANSI or no, will attain
  20. >the popularity that C has?
  21. >
  22. >If so, I've got this bridge...
  23.