David McClain <dbm_at_refined-audiometrics.com> writes Re: generating self-contained dlls: sf or swiftx?

In case I was unclear and thought rude: "Ai, first bug." was a comment on
my own description (erroneously using 511 bits).

[..]

> Ahh portability... what can I say. I'll say it... why are you using
> Forth in a domain where that even matters? That seems like a total abuse
> of Forth, to me, and a horribly masochistic exercise on the programmer's
> part.

Well, you must be the first person to ever accuse me of being fond of portable
Forth.

> How about becoming multi-lingual?

I like Forth. It has been my experience that something worth learning is worth
learning well. It took 20 years to learn Forth and I learn something new everyday.
My ee background teaches me that bugs, even tiny ones, must be completely
understood. You can construct an answer from these facts.

> When I was in physics grad school it began to dawn on me that there were
> no divisions in physics: thermodynamics, quantum mechanics,
> electrodynamics, etc. They were all really part of one larger continuum.

Even quantum mechanics?

[sorry, couldn't resist]

> The same is true of programming languages. Your DOES> words create
> single-parameter functional closures -- a higher level concept to be
> sure, but once you experience programming from higher up, you see things
> a bit more clearly down below...

True, but if my new LCD monitor has a loose part inside, I open the
clam shell with a plastic fork instead of sending it to the Dell repair
shop across country :-)

-marcel

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Received on Sun Jan 31 2010 - 04:58:13 PST