you got it! It's not forth programming with stacks though!
The "name" = object stuff was cleverly left out! cheers Xavier > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 6:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; How to use Revolution > Subject: Re: ANN: New Website for TAOO > > Xavier, > > After reading your new introduction on the wiki page. > Something clicks. If I understand what TAOO is supposed to > be, I can relate it to Forth. Forth is a low level but > extensible language and IDE from about 30 years ago. In > Forth you write a definition for a named > routine that is then available for immediate and future > project use. > In essence you are extending the base language with higher level > operators that become more specific to solving a particular > problem. > A typical Forth program would consist of defining some new > operators needed for solving a problem, then finally the main > routine "doWhatIWant" that consists of a string of high level > operators that solve the problem at a high level of > abstraction. Because Forth is a stack language, each > operator is passing data to the next operator in line without > any explicit references. Forth was a stupid simple language. > But it allowed you to design the solution to your problem at > a high level with operators that did not exist, then design > the operators that make those operators work, etc. until you > were at the lowest level of operator. But the beauty was > that every operator was an extension to the language for > other projects without any effort other than you had better > document your language extensions well, if you expected to > use them again. > > One of the weaknesses of XTalk/Transcript in my opinion was > that you could not directly and efficiently extend the > language in this same way. > > So It seems to me that TAOO is an environment that provides a > framework for an extensible language --but not as effeciently > as if it were built into the language at the primitive level. > > So the strength of TAOO would be this extensible language > framework plus all the "extension definitions" that you have > already written. > > Do I have a correct picture yet in simple terms??? > > Dennis > > > On Oct 16, 2005, at 4:02 AM, MisterX wrote: > > > > > Monsieurx.com is being revamped silently into Wiki and without the > > wacky MisterX's adventure content. > > > > You can come and preview the website at http://monsieurx.com/wiki > > > > I think you will like it, it's more to the point and I'll > be working > > hard to make it easier to understand... > > > > your comments are welcome, join in and send your questions > to the faq > > and don’t be shy to comment or suggest articles and > examples you would > > like to see... > > > > regards > > Xavier > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution