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Learn X in Y minutes - Forth
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:53 pm
by BigEd
Here's a once-through Forth intro, with links to three further works:
(It is GForth, which might not suit all tastes.)
Re: Learn X in Y minutes - Forth
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:06 am
by theGSman
I'm not sure how I am supposed to react to this website:
Is it, "WOW! Only Y minutes? That's fast!!!"
or "What? I have to spend Y minutes learning this? Who has that much time?"
Re: Learn X in Y minutes - Forth
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:01 pm
by whartung
Sorry, the charms of Forth can't be conveyed in Y minutes. It's deeper than that, and context dependent.
Re: Learn X in Y minutes - Forth
Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 7:58 am
by scotws
I think there are steps to learning Forth. Yes, you can probably learn the "computer science basics" (definitions, loops, branches) in a few minutes. However, that is only the surface (which, to be fair, is confusing enough if you've never had to do with RPN or stacks before). There is a deeper, fundamental difference between Forth and other languages that takes far longer to grasp - you're not programming "in Forth", like you would with Python and Go, you're expanding the core Forth language into a specialized language.
That takes far longer to understand. In fact, I can feel my brain work to switch views while using my Python assembler and then the Forth emulator. But then, that could be my brain

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Re: Learn X in Y minutes - Forth
Posted: Tue May 03, 2016 5:20 pm
by BigEd