JonnyBritish Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 http://toddbot.blogspot.com/2012/04/why-forth-still-matters-in-this.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Yes, it's clearly a powerful language in the hands of experts. But man is the learning curve steep, at least beyond basic programming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thanks JB! I'll post that on C.L.F Yep. There's no doubt about. Forth is a real mind-fuck if you're coming from BASIC. The problem is that it is very difficult to un-learn all those years of BASIC indoctrination. There's *nothing* wrong with BASIC. It fostered a generation of programmers. But Forth is *so* different from anything else (and so cool!) that it's a massive learning curve. No doubt about it. Give it a couple more weeks, and then you will catch yourself thinking about a particular programming problem and thinking "Ooh, well, that would be quite simple in Forth... I could do it like this..." At that point, it's in your DNA and there's no going back. Aside from Assembler, I haven't touched any other programming language since 2009! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 It's not just Basic, but also Pascal, C and yes even assembly! Mind-fuck is the correct term for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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