Jerry Avins wrote:
>> 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?
>
Yep. Go to the head of the class. And give that man an R. G. Dunn.
"I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and get so bummed out that
I'd just quit my job and become a bum for a few years, because I was
thinking about doing that anyway." -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy
