Re: Hello - and where to begin?

Nick,

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:04:55 +0200
Nick Maroudas <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Nick here:  Thanks, Terry, for above CF 2.0.  I'd lost
> track of you lately but I remember you once saying that
> (to earn his crust) a programmer has to deal with much
> more than the CPU - and pointing out that Charles Moore
> uses WinSoft a lot.

I've never gone away, just haven't been active with colorForth. See my main
web-site for the latest (compressed writable ext2 file system patch: "Two
Pounds In A One Pound Bag").

colorForth is probably the optimal human/computer interface, see the size
and capability of OKAD. However, programming has become a human/human
interface even more so, as in the BASIC programming language and its growth.

> So, what do you think of using a
> normal PC as host to a SeaForth thumb drive - with the
> PC supplying all the run of the mill applications and
> SeaForth supplying the special forces?  

I like the idea. It would enable the development of an ASCII based interface
running on the PC, with translation layer, so that normal programmers could
access colorForth but not be restricted to Chucks interface. If a standard,
either defacto or dictated, could be worked out then the ability of colorForth
to be more widely used would definitely be enhanced.

I initiated the start of this mailing list back in 2001 when I implemented a
DOS version of colorforth from Jeff and Chucks description at UltraTech.
Subsequently, Chuck released his colorForth and this email list took on that
as its main subject.

Should a plug-in module capable of running, and SAVING colorForth be made
available then the above can happen. But, until then, only the hardcore will
commit to colorForth.

Regards,
Terry