[ColorForth] OS is Not a Dirty Word

[Mark Slicker <maslicke@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Kurt B. Kaiser wrote:

> 
> Solution? Start over again with hindsight.
> 

I believe bloat is more a matter of programming style, than
features. Well, if you have features you never or rarely use, that is
bloat. However, I believe it is the object-oriented style in
particular which is the result of much of the bloat. This style relies
heavily on abstraction in solving a problem [1]. Whereas the Forth
approach is only concerned with solving the problem. Factoring, if applied
globally, could result in the most compact set of solutions for a given
set of problems. Combined with a modular approach, where features can be
added and removed easily, seems like a good solution. This seems to be the
approach of colorForth.

Mark

[1] http://www.colorforth.com/mending.htm

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