Re: [colorforth] Ideas

["Samuel A. Falvo II" <kc5tja@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 29 February 2004 01:07 am, Adam Marquis wrote:
> so do knowledgable ones. Sage one stay too quiet for me, I want them
> to become wild and irresponsible, releasing impossible exploits

Sage people stay quiet for a reason.  There used to be a saying that went 
something like, "The truely intelligent talk.  The truely wise listen."  
I understand your frustrations completely.  But getting violent or 
vociferous about it will only make you seem even more uneducated.

And that's the key.  You can't attack the problem until you're educated 
in its domain.  In this case, you cannot hope to undermine the 
established software development world until you *understand* it.  
Learning C++ is **NOT** learning OOP.  You need to learn C++, Objective 
C, Oberon-2 at least, Perl, Python, Visual BASIC, and straight C with 
CORBA, COM (with and without all those APIs and the IDL to make it 
happen), XML-RPC, etc.  Learn **WHY** these technologies were invented, 
**WHY** they are so successful (which may not be the same reason).  And, 
as you might guess, OOP is but one small nano-fragment of the whole 
computer industry (really, it is).  There are so many other things to 
learn about.

Once you become well versed in the modern state of affairs, THEN AND ONLY 
THEN will you ever hope to sound half-way intelligent when talking about 
the Forth programming language, its environment, its philosophy, and how 
these may be applied on a *per-project* basis.

--
Samuel A. Falvo II


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