Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-14 Thread Roman Neuhauser
I'd like to thank everyone who's replied to my questions regarding the beastie menu and 4th. my mail has attracted far more attention than I expected. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message.see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html ___

Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-09 Thread Patrick Gardella
I go through the love/"why am I spending my time learning an obscure language" kind of relationship. :) If you want to buy books, good ones are: http://www.forth.com/Content/Handbook/Handbook.html http://www.forth.com/Content/fat/fat.html You can get PDF versions if you download the trial version

Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-09 Thread Scott Long
Scott Long wrote: Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2004-01-09 15:32:35 -0700: Roman Neuhauser wrote: I have two related questions, one being more appropriate for current@, the other for hackers@, but they're quite the same thing, so sorry for the cross-post, I hope it's tolerable (I

Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-09 Thread Scott Long
Roman Neuhauser wrote: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2004-01-09 15:32:35 -0700: Roman Neuhauser wrote: I have two related questions, one being more appropriate for current@, the other for hackers@, but they're quite the same thing, so sorry for the cross-post, I hope it's tolerable (I bet this won't soli

Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-09 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2004-01-09 15:32:35 -0700: > Roman Neuhauser wrote: > >I have two related questions, one being more appropriate for current@, > >the other for hackers@, but they're quite the same thing, so sorry for > >the cross-post, I hope it's tolerable (I bet this won't solicit many > >re

Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-09 Thread Scott Long
Roman Neuhauser wrote: I have two related questions, one being more appropriate for current@, the other for hackers@, but they're quite the same thing, so sorry for the cross-post, I hope it's tolerable (I bet this won't solicit many replies :). I dislike the boot menu in CURRENT, and would prefer

Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-09 Thread Bruce R. Montague
Hi, re the question from Roman Neuhauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 9 Jan 2004: > forth looks like it's an interesting .. language. > Can anyone recommend good (or just > any, really) introductory material? --- If you do want to get into Forth, you can probably find some of the following

Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-09 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Roman Neuhauser wrote: Here's the question perhaps more appropriate for hackers@: I looked into ripping the ascii-art out, but am quite scared. However, forth looks like it's an interesting (love/hate kind of thing) language, and I'd like to get my hands on it. Can anyone recommend good (or just

Re: beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-09 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jan 09), Roman Neuhauser said: > I have two related questions, one being more appropriate for > current@, the other for hackers@, but they're quite the same thing, > so sorry for the cross-post, I hope it's tolerable (I bet this won't > solicit many replies :). > > I dislike t

beastie boot menu, 4th (forth)

2004-01-09 Thread Roman Neuhauser
I have two related questions, one being more appropriate for current@, the other for hackers@, but they're quite the same thing, so sorry for the cross-post, I hope it's tolerable (I bet this won't solicit many replies :). I dislike the boot menu in CURRENT, and would prefer something that * does