The users of the
ForthLanguage may be said to share certain cultural attributes.
The forth culture appears to include a high level of enthusiasm and evangelising about the
forth language as well as a constant reference to what forth
could do.
Unfortunately, since the inventors of the
ForthLanguage made their living by selling
implementations and applications in Forth, it appears the culture of forth has always
been highly commercial. For example, in Elizabeth Rathers books about the Forth language,
such as
The Forth Programmers Handbook she refers to her companies (Forth Inc) products
on numerous occasions. She also users the phrase, "refer to your products documentation" many
times throughout her books about forth.
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