Some Lessons From Forth

It's easy to get caught up in the "newer is better" mindset of software development and forget that ideas are more important than code. Not everything we do is obsolete in four years. The Evolution of Forth, which outlines Charles Moore's guiding principles in creating and implementing the FORTH language, is an excellent illustration of the timelessness of ancient computer wisdom:


This is a companion discussion topic for the original blog entry at: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2005/01/some-lessons-from-forth.html