I've always thought this really-well-written old post by Yosef Kreinin is quite enlightened regarding the reality of Forth (even if a bit snarky, as usual from him):
Then find all the little half-truths in that post.
I think this part sums up the problem with Forth quite well:
> I defined the instruction set in a couple of hours. It mapped to Forth words as straightforwardly as possible [...] but it was harder than we thought. Presumably that was partly the result of not reading "Stack Computers: the new wave"
In other words: people too often confuse "simple" and "easy", think they don't need the experience of others, and then feel bad when they try and fail - and that post provides them with solace and a good excuses to quit when it happens with Forth. I don't mind them quitting Forth, but I'm more annoyed when they spread those half-baked "truths" about Forth.
shaftoe444|3 years ago
astrobe_|3 years ago
I think this part sums up the problem with Forth quite well:
> I defined the instruction set in a couple of hours. It mapped to Forth words as straightforwardly as possible [...] but it was harder than we thought. Presumably that was partly the result of not reading "Stack Computers: the new wave"
In other words: people too often confuse "simple" and "easy", think they don't need the experience of others, and then feel bad when they try and fail - and that post provides them with solace and a good excuses to quit when it happens with Forth. I don't mind them quitting Forth, but I'm more annoyed when they spread those half-baked "truths" about Forth.