Re: [stack] Survey: Your impressions and thoughts about concatenative languages

Joe Bowbeer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Either or both would be wonderful. What's your biggest annoyance in
> > terms of "ease of programming"?

> Despite the very simple conceptual basis of concatenative languages,
> it takes a great deal of mental effort for me to transfer the familiar
> task of programming (which I've done in a dozen or so languages) to
> one of these languages.  I need to rewire some well-worn mental
> connections as well as create a lot of new code scaffolding to make up
> for important pieces that are missing.

That's a great point; I agree that there's a lot of new habits to
learn, and new code to build.

> I liken the current state of concatenative languages to roman
> numerals.  Yes, we can do a lot with just I, V, and X, but...  I'd
> rather use a language that has about 7 +/- 2 important keywords
> instead of a language with only 2 keywords -- or a zillion.  It's
> easier on my head.

Heh. Please don't use my 01.py language (it has only 2 functions ;-).

Seriously, Factor might be what you're looking for. Forth is tried and
true, but unless you're into embedded systems it'll probably be too
foreign for you.

> Joe Bowbeer

-Wm