Re: [colorforth] Dare I say ANS!

[Mark Slicker <maslicke@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, John A. Peters wrote:

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> From: "Mark Slicker" <maslicke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <colorforth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [colorforth] Dare I say ANS!
>
>
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, John A. Peters wrote:
> >
> > > You can dare to be like Chuck.  Make your own custom version, just to
> suit
> > > you.
> > >
> > > JP
> >
> > We can all can dare to be like Chuck, but I think that takes a little more
> > than personalizing a language in arbitrary yet trivial ways.
> >
> > Designing VLSI chips from scratch with software written from scratch with
> > no VLSI chip background is quite daring! Writing this software with no
> > source code at all is quite daring!
> >
> > Mark
>
>
> Good points!
>
> Yes he is quit a pioneer, and a free thinker.  It is always an eye opener to
> hear him speak at conference.
>
> Of course the challenge is to try out new ideas our selves and see how they
> work out.  We don't need anyone's ok to try things.
>

Certainly.

I did not know if Howard was looking for an ok or not, this was just my
opinion.

With something like colorForth I don't think it pays to pander to
different peoples expectations.

It doesn't matter if Forth is popular. Commercial software is mostly junk,
by choice, so I don't understand the desire to push Forth commercially.
Also it doesn't take an army to do great things in software as Chuck
continues to demonstrate. The future is free and open systems. The highest
quality software will eventually rise to the top.

Mark

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