"Cameron Laird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > . > . > . >>on the web for each language. By comparison, even Forth gives 13 million >>plus hits, and who uses Forth? > . > . > . > The programmers of, among other things, the FedEx bar-code reader, > the Sun boot loader, and parts of the Space Shuttle.
We have several thousand customers, although we don't hear from them enough to know how active they are. Most of them are doing embedded systems (such as the FedEx package tracker), although there are also quite a few doing Windows apps. A lot of our embedded work is for aerospace and government customers, plus a number in the private sector. All the DirecTV uplink antennas are controlled by one of our systems made by VertexRSI, http://www.tripointglobal.com/vertexrsi.html. Another really neat customer is Sunrise Systems, http://www.sunrisesystems.com/index.htm. They make moving displays, and are working on one for one of the rebuilt World Trade Center bldgs, one to be installed in Switzerland next month, and something for Disney World. Open Firmware has already been mentioned, and I should add that IBM's high-end servers also use it. I teach Forth courses there once or twice a year, and have trained a couple hundred engineers in IBM alone. You can get more info on our web site www.forth.com, including a link to a paper presenting a history of Forth. Cheers, Elizabeth -- ================================================== Elizabeth D. Rather (US & Canada) 800-55-FORTH FORTH Inc. +1 310-491-3356 5155 W. Rosecrans Ave. #1018 Fax: +1 310-978-9454 Hawthorne, CA 90250 http://www.forth.com "Forth-based products and Services for real-time applications since 1973." ================================================== -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
