Phil Roberts, Jr. wrote:
>> Riddle (#2): Why is FORTH called FORTH?
>> --
>> Phil Roberts, Jr.
>> Feelings of Worthlessness and So-Called Cognitive Science
>http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5476
C is called C because it was intended to B, code that ran on the machine
used for development. Forth is called that because it came after
something like Third, and Moore's system couldn't take 6-character
names. If I'm so smart, how come I don't know why they named me
Jeremiah?
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