...What's right with FORTH and wrong with c.l.f. [..] E.g... PREVIOUS DEFINITIONS .. where last-name ( -- c-addr u ) returns the matched ...This allows "HARRY","MAGDA" .. to become Forth words. Magic1 adds strings to a...a great idea, building it into Forth is not. Must try this ... ultimately falters. albert@spe&ar&c.xs4all.nl &=n http://home....

...@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) wrote Re: What's right with FORTH and wrong with c.l.f. [..] E.g. if the input is 12 apestaart 3456 kippekot 18...magic2 ) , ; PREVIOUS DEFINITIONS .. where last-name ( -- c-addr u ) returns the matched pattern. This allows "HARRY","MAGDA" .. to become Forth words. Magic1 adds strings to a sorted list,...

Richard Owlett <rowlett@atlascomm.net> writes Re: What's right with FORTH and wrong with c.l.f. [..] e g I'm interested in a variety of problems ranging from subsets of speech ... requires me to parse it. I doubt anyone would claim string handling as a Forth forte. I've quit asking questions on c.l.f. as typical answer has been "DON'T DO THAT" I doubt that ...

... significant :} What is so right with Forth that it *OVERRIDES* ALL ... manner? What's wrong with c.l.f. ? /begin *RANT* A ... claim string handling as a Forth forte. There are basically two ... by with static allocation and $@ $! $C+ $^ $/ 2 It is largish. You ...if you pose abstract questions. Forth is very good, but only...ultimately falters. albert@spe&ar&c.xs4all.nl &=n http://home...

... wrote: {Grasshopper, capitalization in subject line significant :} What is so right with Forth that it *OVERRIDES* ALL negative comments? ...> well defined manner? What's wrong with c.l.f. ? /begin *RANT* A close relative of ...doubt anyone would claim string handling as a Forth forte. I've quit asking questions on c.l.f. as typical answer has been ...

{Grasshopper, capitalization in subject line significant :} What is so right with Forth that it *OVERRIDES* ALL negative comments? Obviously ...a such well defined manner? What's wrong with c.l.f. ? /begin *RANT* A close relative of ... doubt anyone would claim string handling as a Forth forte. I've quit asking questions on c.l.f. as typical answer has been "DON'T...

...anyone would claim string handling as a Forth forte. I've quit asking questions on c.l.f. as ...people are interested in string hasndling with Forth. In general each of them prefers his... do something special with it in Forth, one possibility is to notice what ... the data file at just the right places so they do what you .... The point of managing strings with Forth has got to be that you'...

...: {Grasshopper, capitalization in subject line significant :} What is so right with Forth that it *OVERRIDES* ALL negative comments...ve been doing occasional work on a Forth variant with a different compiler/interpreter that..., is that it compiles left to right in the usual way, building up anonymous...This loses a lot of what most Forths are aiming for, like the other defining...

...macro assembler is more useful. Traditional Forth is essentially a rather kludgy macro...two additional proposals have won funding. Forth is looking pretty unattractive now, ...more human communication than anything else. Forth's great for trying things on...the only one who got something right: I sometimes get too busy to... mind strict evaluation then z = f(x); y = z * z; becomes ...

... commands that have the same name as Forth commands but radically different actions. If you implement it in Forth that looks like it invites problems, ...to find a useful word set for Forth that would make it easier to ...it if you try to be too Forth-like, so it's best to ... warn Forthers that it is NOT Forth. But yes, if I end up with a word set for Forth, I agree that there should be ...