Re: - about OOF

At 09:30 AM 1/11/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Original sender: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E9lice?= <forthcad_at_skynet.be>
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>I think OOF ( Object Oriented Forth ) is a must to create Windows =
>software...
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>What is your opinion ?
>What is the better OOF system today ?
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>( Actually, I am using the Andrew McKewan ANS implementation )
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>Andrew McKewan say
>"If the Forth community could agree on a object-oriented model, we could =
>begin to assemble an object-oriented Forth library similar to the Forth =
>Scientific Library project headed by Skip Carter, code and tools that =
>all Forth programmers can share. That project had not been possible =
>before the ANS standardization of floating-point in Forth..."
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>Another idea is to develop a FFC ( Forth Class Fundamental ) for =
>Windows...
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>Charles M=E9lice
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I disagree, I do not believe it is necessary to have an object oriented
forth to program for windows. I do believe that it is necessary to be able
to either easily interpret .h files for data structures, or develop words
that closely parallel the way .h files are written to make all the tons of
data structures used in windows programming easier.

I have developed for windows (Win32) using both straight C and the MFC, and
the ways in which MFC help windows programming are "counter" to Forth
thinking.

I do like objects in forth, and had done some of my own over the years; I
just don't think it really adds to windows programming in forth.

David.

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Received on Mon Jan 11 1999 - 10:44:19 PST