Forth: The Hacker's Language

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"All programming is about breaking complicated tasks down into reasonable-sized chunks."

I think Forth forces you to do this.

How does it force it more than any other language? Normally I think every language 'forces' you to break tasks down - except maybe BrainF*ck

I'm not an expert on Forth. I just play with it because it is different than other languages. I searched a quote by Charles Moore about the topic but the best I could find was this:

https://www.ultratechnology.com/moore4th.htm

> A Forth word should not have more than one or two arguments.

> This stack which people have so much trouble manipulating

> should never be more than three or four deep.

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