Subject: Re: Hang on, isn't Forth out of date now? (1996)
Brad Rodriguez discusses Forth's relevance, emphasizing its simplicity, efficiency, real-time testing, and speed. He highlights its comprehensibility, suitability for embedded systems, interactive debugging, extensibility, abstraction, and productivity, concluding its ongoing value.
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Brad Rodriguez discusses the relevance of Forth in a newsgroup post dated August 10, 1996. He argues that Forth is not outdated and highlights its benefits, including simplicity in building, efficiency in RAM usage, real-time testing capabilities, and speed compared to other interpreted languages. Rodriguez emphasizes Forth's comprehensibility by one person, its suitability for embedded systems with limited resources, the importance of interactive debugging, and the extensibility of the language. He also praises Forth for enabling high levels of abstraction and personal productivity. Rodriguez concludes by stating that while Forth may not be everyone's preference, it remains a relevant and valuable language choice.
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