Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> I can't believe a computer expert wouldn't know that. I mean, FORTH 
>>> is only, like, the most important programming language *ever*!
>>
>> Heh. To be fair, I've written at least two complete FORTH 
>> interpreters. :-) Still, it wasn't actually popular until the 80's.
> 
> ....it was actually popular? :-P

Actually, yeah. For example, every Sun Sparcstation had FORTH in ROM, 
and a number of other embedded systems used it (like printer drivers and 
such).

But it was never popular like C is, no. Certainly more popular in the 
80's (after a standard came out for it) than in the 70's.

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