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| From | jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? |
| Date | 2012-03-15 19:27 -0700 |
| Organization | http://groups.google.com |
| Message-ID | <32109710.302.1331864823457.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbhv6> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <jj5lar$n8d$1@speranza.aioe.org> <MMGdnUxDfcbF_cvSnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@supernews.com> <jj665d$7br$1@speranza.aioe.org> <AO6dnfQQq64jO8vSnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@supernews.com> <jjgq7n$4j0$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
On Sunday, March 11, 2012 12:04:33 AM UTC, Rod Pemberton wrote: > "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> wrote in message > news:AO6dnfQQq64jO8vSnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@supernews.com... > > On 3/6/12 1:20 PM, Rod Pemberton wrote: > > > > > > The Forth looping mechanism *almost* seems perverse to me. > > [...] > > Actually, it seems that I wasn't just being grumpy. > > I J K in Forth are even more complicated than first appearance. The naming > I J K is *relative* to the loop. The naming is not fixed! In other > languages, the naming is fixed. I.e., if K is used for the outer most of > three loops, it's referenced as K in the middle and inner most loops also. > They are variables. For three nested loops in Forth, K in the inner most > loop is J in the middle loop and is I in the outer most loop ... (sigh). > > E.g., apparently, this is correct in Forth: > > : T 5 0 DO I . 5 0 DO I . J . LOOP LOOP ; > > J in the inner loop is I in the outer loop. > > E.g., with fixed naming, or variables, or non-relative naming: > > : T 5 0 DO J . 5 0 DO I . J . LOOP LOOP ; > > J is J everywhere. > > fig-Forth only has I not J and K. fig-Forth uses primitive (low-level) > words, i.e., (DO) and (LOOP) to implement runtime routines for DO and LOOP. > These manipulate items stacked on the return stack, not a variable. As > primitives, these are not coded in Forth and so they don't push additional > items onto the return stack. My (DO) and (LOOP) are coded in Forth, and the > interpreter pushes additional items onto the return stack. Implementing > I J K using the return stack will require working around those other stacked > items. So far, even with a stack-optimizer, their definitions are becoming > long, complicated, and is still not working ... The third stacked on R is the primary to be got or put. The second can be got by a subroutine nest, and also the first.
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In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-05 16:23 -0500
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-05 12:11 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-05 13:44 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-06 11:26 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-06 05:42 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-06 14:51 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-06 10:17 -0600
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-06 16:49 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-06 11:56 -0600
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-06 18:07 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-07 04:14 -0600
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-12 15:56 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-12 11:23 -0500
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-12 16:26 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-12 12:28 -0500
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-06 13:36 -0500
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-06 09:18 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? hwfwguy@gmail.com - 2012-03-06 20:14 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-07 08:22 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-07 10:20 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-07 11:11 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? hwfwguy@gmail.com - 2012-03-07 19:07 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-08 10:11 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-12 09:36 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-12 16:01 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-03-06 13:13 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-12 16:04 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-12 13:40 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-07 10:15 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-07 10:33 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-07 17:16 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-12 11:18 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-12 08:01 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 18:59 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-03-16 20:36 +0100
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-06 13:33 -0500
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-06 09:07 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-06 18:20 -0500
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-06 14:07 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? John Passaniti <john.passaniti@gmail.com> - 2012-03-06 16:53 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-06 19:26 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-10 19:04 -0500
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-10 18:44 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-11 17:06 -0400
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-11 17:01 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Paul E. Bennett" <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2012-03-11 12:51 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-11 14:04 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-11 14:41 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-12 05:16 -0500
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-12 08:06 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Paul E. Bennett" <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2012-03-11 21:55 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-11 17:17 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-12 11:00 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Josh Grams <josh@qualdan.com> - 2012-03-11 17:27 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-11 14:12 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Josh Grams <josh@qualdan.com> - 2012-03-11 21:48 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-11 14:24 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-11 17:09 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-11 17:34 -0400
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-11 13:18 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-11 17:32 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Josh Grams <josh@qualdan.com> - 2012-03-13 13:18 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-19 03:36 -0400
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 19:37 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-16 05:31 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-19 03:38 -0400
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-19 11:35 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-03-16 20:39 +0100
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-12 12:50 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 19:27 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-07 08:16 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2012-03-15 19:09 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2012-03-05 14:23 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-05 17:42 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? hwfwguy@gmail.com - 2012-03-06 09:36 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-08 10:41 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-08 05:38 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? hwfwguy@gmail.com - 2012-03-09 10:32 -0800
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-12 19:26 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-13 04:15 -0400
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-03-12 01:11 +0100
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-12 19:41 -0400
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-12 16:46 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-12 21:17 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-13 05:01 -0400
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-13 03:06 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-13 12:32 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-13 14:01 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-14 11:47 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-03-14 22:13 +0100
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-14 03:39 -0500
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-14 06:54 -1000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-14 16:39 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-15 10:49 +0000
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-03-14 08:53 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-03-14 17:01 +0100
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? George Hubert <georgeahubert@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-14 11:21 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-03-14 19:25 +0100
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-14 16:37 -0700
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-15 04:28 -0400
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "David N. Williams" <williams@umich.edu> - 2012-03-13 16:19 -0400
Re: In Forth, is it valid or safe to use the value of 'I' after LOOP? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-14 20:13 -0400
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