RE: merging edit time and run time

>It looks like a statement from an immature programmer.
>
i agree. he did make me think though, which was his goal. i'm not buying the 
"revolution" aspect of it (pretensious).  but his essay made me think of 
colorforth's source code, how in a way it is just a very flexible database 
rather than text.  also, didn't his fields that held "concrete example 
values" remind you of magenta variables?  his source code was "alive" in a 
way that definetely reminded me of colorForth source code.  at the same 
time... i am definetely skeptical about whether or not his system is really 
an improvement.  it seemed to pander to a sort of proliferating laziness... 
or could i be wrong??
you gotta give the guy credit for trying, and for daring to be different.  i 
think that one day usability in Forth could be enhanced, has anybody thought 
about the idea of "edit time" behavior?  i.e. being able to program the 
editor as well as the compiler, which we already can do. just wondering 
because it has crossed my mind several times.

Roger