old threaded languages, was Re: Symbolics

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Feb 29 21:22:43 2000

 Forth and PostScript are quite similar but I wouldn't
<say that LISP was a stack based language. It uses stacks
<but most languages use stacks. In Forth, you have direct
<control of two stacks as necessary for the language.

First to me stack languages are the post-fixed non register
variable oriented ones that are very unlike Pascal, C or Basic.

< Forth has the advantage that action is read
<left to right or "Do-it As You See It". LISP
<has the ability to concatenate several of similar
<operations like (+ ).

I know Forth by way of postscript as they are very similar if you pull
the graphic operators out of postscript. Lisp, I doubt I've seen it.

<LISP has the advantage over
<Forth in that all parameters are specific in the

This is lost one me as lisp is largely unknown.

Allison
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