Bart Lateur wrote:
>> Phil Roberts, Jr. wrote:
>> >Riddle (#2): Why is FORTH called FORTH?
>> Don't your books even say *that*?
>> Hmm.. if I remeber the detaiuls correctly:
>> Because Chuck saw it as a FOURTH generation language, in a time where it
> was considered that only three generations of programming languages were
> created. The computer he used on limited file names to 5 letters, so he
> dropped the 'U'. Besides, he liked the implication that this could mean
> that FORTH was actually an unlimited generation language (5th, 6th etc).
>> Of course, since then, an "official" 4th generation of languages was
> created, which is, err.... either database query (like SQL), Prolog like
> languages, or maybe even something else (natural query language?).
>
Yeaaa! Another winner.
--
Phil Roberts, Jr.
Feelings of Worthlessness and So-Called Cognitive Science
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5476
"Most of the time it was probably a real bad thing being stuck down in a
dungeon. But some days, when there was a bad storm outside, you'd
look out your little window and think, 'Boy, I'm glad I'm not out in
THAT'." -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy
