Re: Forth, TCL, Telescript

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From: Billy Tanksley <tanksley@fallbrook.csusm.edu>
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Subject: Re: Forth, TCL, Telescript
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On Wed, 26 Jan 1994, Malcom Strandberg 289 wrote:

> I was surprised too, that no scripting tool was provided in the 4mb of
> rom tools! But why forth?

Well, why not?  :)  It just seemed like the easiest language to port that
there is-- it's the language to use to bootstrap anything.  Just ask Sun--
the system ROMs were designed in Forth.
 
> I was considering porting TCL, which has had some use in other object
> oriented environments. 

That sounds awesome!  Let us know how it's going-- will it be freeware?
can I help?  (By the way, forth has had some use in OO environments, too.)

> Does anybody know the status of Telescript which according to OpenSystems
> Today, Magic Cap is negotiating with AOL and Geos on porting to the Zoomer.

Porting to Geos, not just the Zoomer.  It sounds good, but it can
definitely NOT access the full power of Geos.  It isn't supposed to. 


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-Billy
Cool graphic.  Let's see...
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  .'  Augh!!  I can't do a backwards ' on this stupid Mac!  I want my PC!  :)
OK, so I'm not an artist.