RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Interface. Gauging interest.

>
> Alan,
> I was not advocating that the final user use FORTH directly.
> With a vocabulary decicated to executing G code you would see an
> inteligent box that takes G ciode as its input and outputs step and
> direction.
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Marconett" <KM6VV@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Mike, Gort,
> >
> > FORTH! Please, no. You don't really want to impose FORTH on CNC
> users and
> > machinists! It would drive them MAD!
> > <SNIP>
> > But if you just want to add high level language constructs to
> Gcode, why not
> > just write a C or BASIC (or whatever) program to GENERATE Gcode for
> you!
> > This has already been done many times. Think of Gcode (or G100) as
> just a
> > protocol for sending the data to the machine.
> >
> > Alan KM6VV
> >