Hi, Garry.
GH> This message wouldn't be complete without at least
GH> one controversial suggestion, so here goes:
GH> Learn FORTH. Even if you never use it for major
GH> projects, learn what it can teach you about program
GH> design and organization. Starting places would include
GH> www.forth.org, www.taygeta.com/forth.html, www.forth.com,
GH> and dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/forth/ (among many others).
FWIW, I really -liked- FORTH as a language. I liked the idea that you
could write a routine that seamlessly became part of the language.
Never could get my head around the recursive stuff, which was a biggie.
Anyway, gave up on it when I discovered the aged-but-free FORTH I had
was (apparently) written with two-floppy systems in mind. It figured it
owned the whole disk, and would overwrite parts of other files without
even noticing. Not good when you want to use it on a harddrive where
other stuff lives, or even on the same disk where the FORTH compiler or
interpreter or whatever lives. Dunno if that's just an unavoidable
FORTH thing.
What was that language that was (I think) FORTH-derived, had the
turtle-graphics stuff? Was supposed to be for kids, I guess. Been
years ago now, though.
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