Charles H. Moore



Charles H. Moore (born 1938) is an American computer engineer and programmer. He is the creator of the Forth computer language.

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 * I like the observation that Forth is an amplifier: a good programmer can write a great program; a bad programmer a terrible one. I feel no need to cater to bad programmers.
 * Quoted in Naomi Hamilton, "The A-Z of Programming Languages: Forth," Computerworld (June 27, 2008)


 * It was a very academic environment. That became frustrating because there was no pressure for results. I thought commercial applications would be more rewarding. But since then I’ve met too many people who want to make a career out of a project instead of completing it. That’s life.