Re: [stack] Re: Joy noob checking in!

Duke Normandin <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Joy language might be cool if there are still folks around that
> can help with the learning curve.

I think there are... I'm not really one, but I'll do what I can :-).
You might be interested in one of the remote derivatives of Joy and
Forth... Rather than go through a list, though, it might be nice to
hear what you're looking for. Are you a minimalist? Do you like to
work close to the machine? Or do you like the compiler to do a lot of
heavy lifting for you? Do you want type-checking? Do you want to write
applications, embedded systems, or an operating system? There are too
many possible questions... Go ahead and tell us the sort of things
you've enjoyed working on or would like to...

> I tried to give Forth a go, but the c.l.f. newsgroup is nothing more
> than an ever-ending argument, and pissing contest. Hans Beezemer's 4TH
> language should have been my first exposure to "Forth".

Sigh... no kidding. I gave up on them a while ago. The MachineForth
list is often more interesting, although naturally you have to be at
least a little interested in minimalistic programming to stay
interested :-). I do think that 4TH is an interesting dialect and
implementation, yes.

> Duke

-Wm