CompuServe Messages

Thanks… I really do like MultiForth. I wish the Forth community could agree to some standardized extensions (like the MultiForth locals, quans, I/O etc…). Software companies are reluctant to use Forth and be dependent upon a single vendor. By the way, the Macintosh version of MultiForth does have structs. I allways avoid floating point except where it's a must (high resolution CAD) and then I'd rather use a co-processor direct. I authored 2 games in '85 for the Mac written in Forth. Mac Challanger (a flight simulator) and Pyramid of Peril (a real time, first person adventure). On the Amiga I wrote a CAD program in 'C' (Aegis Draw/Draw Plus etc…) because the program was highly complex (structs and linked lists everywhere), unfortunitly needed floating point, and needed to support several compilers. Forth needs the equilivent of STDIO, that would allow programmers to move between machines and versions of Forth and maintain compatability. My fustration with the lack of market reality within the Forth community is compounded when I see the success of Forth like systems ala PostScript. I have a friend on the IEEE Forth standards team who asked me what I wanted to see in a standard to make Forth more popular. I told him thay should adopt a syntax compatable with PostScript and provide a set of standard, optional extensions. This was considered heresay. But I still think it might work. Anyway I miss Forth and wish it well…. William Volk