Episode 89 - Forth
Advent of Computing
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Using a Lisp Compiler
More's interpretive code was a little smarter than the norm. It was able to read each row of input and act it, instead of just throwing data into some variable. By adding a simple set of instructions, moore had created a more flexible programme. Once the interpreter was compiled, he was free from a whole half of the programming loop. He no longer needed tore il to track new satellites or to adjust for errors in his math. As he put it, he programmed himself out of a job.
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