Re: PostLisp, a language experiment

astrobe_at_netcourrier.com
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: 11 Mar 2005 05:03:55 -0800

>
> The worst thing about Forth IMHO is the stack clutter. When every
> function has some swaps, dups, overs and nips in it, it takes
> concentration to keep track of the stack in your mind. Sure, there
are
> stack comments, but when you write those, you might just as well use
> local variables instead.
>

Objection! This is not a problem that belong to Forth, but a problem
with you ( or those who wrote the programs you've seen ) who don't know
how to program in Forth.
In a Forth programmer eye, a program that has "stack clutter" is bad,
and begs to be rewritten/redesigned. Good programs minimize stack
juggling, that is nothing more than a DUP or a SWAP or an OVER to glue
things together. Such programs can be read by newbies just an hour
after their first exposure to the langage ( that is, when they finished
to learn Forth ;)

 Amicalement,
  Astrobe

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