Hobbies and interests of INTjs

[Luke]

I have all these hobbies that I get really interested in, at least for a time. I'll usually take a break every so often (for months on end, years sometimes) then come back to them with full force. It's like they provide me with points of stability that I can come back to, but are also sources of near-constant cerebral stimulation.

* Forth (programming language) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Cryonics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Vermicompost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Socionics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Personal development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is this true of everyone? Or every LII? What kinds of hobbies and interests do you have? (Wikipedia links if possible )

[Mediator Kam]

Forth looks like it sucks to use.

[Luke]

Forth looks like it sucks to use.

Which aspect are you referring to? Passing things on the stack?

I like the low-level interactive feel it gives.

[Mediator Kam]

That may be why i don't like it. I like the idea of reverse polish notation,but the huge capitals remind me of FORTAN and COBOL and older languages.

[Luke]

That may be why i don't like it. I like the idea of reverse polish notation,but the huge capitals remind me of FORTAN and COBOL and older languages.

The version of forth I use is Retroforth, which uses lowercase.

Retro, A Minimalistic Forth

I agree that being stuck with all caps would suck big time. Forth is as old as Fortran and Cobol, but more elegant in my opinion. Lisp is also pretty elegant, although I have less experience with it. I guess what I like is the way Forth lets me start with simple primitives that are barely more than assembly codes and build my way up to stuff like arrays, strings, objects, parsers, etc. There's a certain draw to having the lowest-possible-level aspects of programming in your peripheral vision while working your way to the higher level stuff. I guess that is a thing..?

[MatthewZ]

You, sir, have an odd set of interests.