On 28/06/2018 17:39, Andy Leighton wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:07:15 +0100,
>         Gareth's Downstairs Computer
 wrote:
>> A language needing extensibility, for example, adding case / switch /
>> select statements is not reputable.
>
> CASE .. OF .. ENDOF .. ENDCASE is in the spec. It is even in
> _Thinking Forth_ by Brodie and that goes back to '84.

Mea culpa, my bad. Nevertheless a bad example has not nullified the comment.

> Actually working with a DSL (domain-specfic langauge), and using
> Forth can be seen as developing and working with a DSL, is often
> the best way to attack a problem.

Can you give an example of a domain that is not adequately covered
by HLLs with their subroutine / procedure / function extensions
or their object concepts?

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