Diagramming Robust AI
Bruce R. McFarling
ecbm at cc.newcastle.edu.au
Mon Mar 30 00:16:16 EST 1998
On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Phil Roberts, Jr. wrote:
> Riddle (#2): Why is FORTH called FORTH?
The linker that was used for the first (or an early) version of
FORTH was limited to five upper case letters. It is FORTH for "fourth
generation programming language", but FOURTH didn't fit.
Go forth in peace,
Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW
ecbm at cc.newcastle.edu.au
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