SV: SV: Beginner's Language?

["Dan Andersson" <rhq093s@tninet.se>]

Since Forth is essentially syntax less (It only has semantics) and only a
few concepts, less than ten I contest and maybe less than five depending on
how you define concepts (Concept == stretchy definition word), I really
don't see that either. One case in point is that it is not uncommon to learn
Forth by writing a new Forth after being taught the concepts, or maybe a
subset like a simple rpn evaluator. And I'm not talking about modifying
existing code but recreating it from machine code and up. That shows
something of the simplicity of it.The number of user created Smalltalks are
few in comparison. Tcl is another case of a few concepts language, but even
though the syntax is really simple it has a steep learning curve since the
syntax is based on inhuman concepts, IMO. But even if Forth is simple and
efficient it has not really taken of in the mainstream, maybe because the
many versions or maybe because there are so many worthy languages out there.
For example the simple object oriented languages Oberon-2 and Eiffel who are
small but not toy languages, or Icon and Unicon with their extremely
expressive syntax and some functional languages like Erlang, Haskell and
Clean. Not to forget the Lisp/Scheme complex with the excellent DrScheme
environment that I cannot recommend enough.

Regards Dan Andersson