> So IMHO Forth is an elitary language, designed and written for the best, or gifted, not for the masses.
This kind of attitude is typical for people using niche languages that nobody else use.
Assuming that developers using mainstream languages are somehow less intelligent (while at the same time developing world class software that runs the world) is childish at best.
I am not a psychologist but my guess would be that people with that attitude has a desperate need to feel smarter or more special than everybody else.
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> So IMHO Forth is an elitary language, designed and written for the best, or gifted, not for the masses.
This kind of attitude is typical for people using niche languages that nobody else use.
Assuming that developers using mainstream languages are somehow less intelligent (while at the same time developing world class software that runs the world) is childish at best.
I am not a psychologist but my guess would be that people with that attitude has a desperate need to feel smarter or more special than everybody else.
2015 or 1999, depending on what you count.