Re: [stack] What does "concatenative" actually mean?

On Mar 2, 2009, at 12:19 PM, spir wrote:

> Hello,
>
> New to the list.
> A long time ago, I was fascinated by Forth's ability to let one  
> write programs/words by simply combining lower level words/programs.  
> This was wonderfully illustrated by Logo's visual version of the  
> feature.
> I intuitively understand "concatenative" as meaning "constructive"  
> in the sense of "brick programming". This is what I have always  
> looked for, probably. Still, I do not really get why some languages  
> may be so qualified; why most languages do not have this property.
> I just discover that Forth (which I onlyused very few a long time  
> ago) is supposed to be a concatenative language. I read the article  
> on wikipedia, some more related texts and a few threads on this  
> list. I do not know Joy (will read a bit while waiting for your  
> replies ;-).

Warning: if you were inspired by Forth, Joy will
change your life!

You will become hooked on its ideas, just as so
many here have before you ;-)
--
don