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    03-Feb-92 22:42:18
Sb: #19934-languages
Fm: Shraddhan 70374,754
To: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
I have dabbled a little with Forth, too – even wrote a compiler for it some years back. I must like I don't (yet) like C, but Forth used to worry me a lot. The main problem with Forth (and PostScript too) is the fact that it is not clear what values are on the stack at any given point, which means that you have to make notes when debugging. I read somewhere that it is easy to make totally impenetrable code with Forth, and that its use is often banned for this very reason. Sure, you can write impenetrable code with ANY language, but Forth seems to have a special talent for this. Having said that, I must say it is a very interesting and potentially very powerful language, and I'm glad I played with it for a while, but I never use it any more.