Age of Forth, was re: dc etc.

Peter Lawrence — 2006-12-14 14:52:40

On 9 Dec 2006 09:41:48 -0000, concatenative@yahoogroups.com wrote:



 > Posted by: "William Tanksley, Jr" wtanksleyjr@... wtanksle

> Date: Fri Dec 8, 2006 4:54 pm ((PST))



> The first Forth was written in 1958 (by Chuck Moore). dc was written

> in the B language on a PDP-7, so it couldn't have been written before

> the late 1960s. So Forth is still older.



 
Forth goes back to the late '60s, actually. PML.

GST+NPT=JOBS



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See http://member.netlink.com.au/~peterl/publicns.htm#AFRLET2 and the other items on that page for some reasons why.



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