Is Forth for real?

[Roy Smith]

Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVETHIScyber.com.au> wrote:

> I love Forth. I'm no good at thinking at that low count-the-bytes level,
> but if I was, I'd much prefer to use Forth than C or assembly. I've got a
> bunch of Forth books here, and when I'm bored I read them for
> entertainment, and dream. I love the fact that Forth is still in use. But
> I'm under no illusions that there are millions of Forth developers getting
> paid to write in Forth.

If you like Forth, take a look at PostScript.  Most people think of 
PostScript as a print file format and don't realize it's a real programming 
language. Variables, functions, loops, if statements, and all that good 
stuff.  The syntax is very Forth-like.