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qqq16:01:31

is there anything worth learning from forth/joy ?

qqq16:01:50

every time I try to learn it, the initial examples seem brilliantly elegant, and after about 200-300 lines of code, it becomes a mess and I'm wishing for variable names again

carkh17:01:57

i think the idea is that it's a code smell, you're supposed to factor that out by creating more words

carkh17:01:39

but i wouldn't know, i only dabled a little bit

carkh17:01:50

it has been a while, i wonder how factor is doing these days

carkh18:01:08

wew looks like it's still alive an kicking !

jgh18:01:50

never used forth, but my initial impression is it’s more difficult than it should be to find an example of “hello world” on google

jgh18:01:39

ok, hello world is one line…maybe something more substantial lol

carkh18:01:45

" hello world " . i think that would be it

carkh18:01:48

the issue is that forth is so easy to implement, there are many implementations

jgh18:01:18

interesting syntax

fellshard18:01:20

Think of Smalltalk's syntax rules, then tighten them up by another notch; that's about how compact it is, if I recall correctly.