00:00:00 --- log: started forth/01.12.18 01:26:06 --- join: aum (~aum@l76-133.world-net.co.nz) joined #forth 02:05:05 * aaronl is away: sleep 04:26:15 --- quit: aum () 10:08:07 --- quit: MrGone () 10:20:40 --- join: MrReach (~mrreach@209.181.43.190) joined #forth 10:21:03 --- mode: ChanServ set mode: +o MrReach 10:51:06 --- join: edrx (edrx@200.240.18.61) joined #forth 10:51:20 greets 10:51:24 --- mode: MrReach set mode: +o edrx 10:51:36 hi MrReach 11:13:11 --- quit: edrx ("[x]chat") 13:19:16 --- join: I440r (mark4@1Cust235.tnt3.bloomington.in.da.uu.net) joined #forth 14:01:42 --- quit: I440r (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) 16:08:00 --- part: aaronl left #forth 16:24:52 --- quit: MrReach () 17:11:55 --- join: TheBlueWizard (TheBlueWiz@ip-216-25-202-51.vienna.va.fcc.net) joined #forth 17:12:00 hiya 19:54:35 --- join: qless (~qless@clgr000977.hs.telusplanet.net) joined #forth 19:54:46 hey now 19:55:12 hiya qless 19:55:19 heya bluewiz 19:55:43 whassup? 19:55:47 what's cookin? 19:56:08 me...chillin' plus web reading 19:56:28 been playing with all kinds of forth... taking it easy now 19:56:50 cool 19:57:43 are you a forth expert? 19:58:31 not an expert; had been coding Forth in the past 19:59:58 forth is the beginning of everything... 20:03:38 hehe...I'd argue that 0 and 1 are the beginning of everything ;) 20:17:28 --- quit: qless ("changing dimensions") 20:19:24 --- join: qless (~qless@clgr000977.hs.telusplanet.net) joined #forth 20:20:56 hiya again 20:23:11 heya blue 20:23:40 do you actually work for the forth, or does the forth work for you? :-) 20:28:38 I haven't used Forth in a long while 20:29:27 its a complex language because everyone has their own implementation... 20:32:13 Forth itself isn't really complicated...the problem lies in getting everyone to agree that word XXX really mean this way...plus developing a standard wordset...some hate ANS Forth (I440r is one of those haters), others have far out ideas about how Forth should evolve, and implement a radiocal variety.... 20:33:45 whoa, right on dude. you're right, its not a complex language, but what makes it interesting is that its so /basic/ that there are many ways to go from zero (if you like) 20:34:58 yup...that is one reason why porting Forth app to a particular dialect can be hazardous....you would think you know what this / would behave...and bang! whoops.... 20:36:00 imagine, for a minute, what forth would be like if there was a gnutella-like network of people proposing words, and that if a word becomes accepted it builds more words? 20:36:51 hmm...dunno if it is workable...interesting nonetheless 20:38:09 i (pardon me) think that it may be the future of distributed coding... words created more words... in various dialects (say C and perl, etc) its a freenet 20:39:12 sounds a bit like Rebol....again, quite tricky to develop this way 20:43:11 interesting, could be. but i think in this case, would be to have a solid interface with the hardware like the mit example of an exo-kernel, where everything not involved with the arbitration of hardware is contained in various shared libraries 20:44:34 you sound like you have a plan....right? 20:45:48 hehe. yeah, i admit (blush) i have a plan. but i'm a twisted fuck, who cares not about what happens, but what seems to be important 20:47:21 :) 20:47:45 I have too many things to deal with anyway, so... 20:48:49 sure, understood :-) 21:54:40 --- quit: qless ("changing dimensions") 22:01:42 bye 22:01:46 --- part: TheBlueWizard left #forth 23:59:59 --- log: ended forth/01.12.18