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
