Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter.

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Date	2013-05-18 10:34 -0700
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Subject	Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter.
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On Saturday, May 18, 2013 6:15:30 AM UTC-4, Bill Leary wrote:

> >> dirk....@usa.net writes:
> > Sorry, but that reminds me when I was told that changing the motor
> > of the VW1200 it only needs to remove four screws.

> This isn't true, but it appears that you knew that and are trying to make a 
> point.  Perhaps it's worthwhile to point out that in addition to with those 
> four bolts, which really are all that holds the engine in the car, there are 
> about dozen more steps, including a couple that, if you miss them, you end 
> up with an engine on the floor of the garage.

It's nearly fifty years ago that somebody told me how easy it is to change a VW1200 motor (the car which I had back then for decades) by removing four screws, but he forgot to tell me the rest of it - he assumed if he can do it, everybody can do it, I guess. That's the point I tried to make.

Thanks for telling me the missing part of the story!

> Nice analogy, by the way, if one understands what's really required to pull 
> a VW air cooled (including the 1200) engine.

Thanks for your understanding and explaining!
      - Dirk 
>     - Bill

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Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. dirk.bruehl@usa.net - 2013-05-16 18:24 -0700
  Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-17 19:02 -0700
    Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-17 21:33 -0700
      Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-17 22:32 -0700
        Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-05-18 07:50 -0500
          Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-18 10:56 -0700
            Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-05-18 13:38 -0500
              Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-18 12:49 -0700
                Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-05-19 04:12 -0500
                Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-19 13:58 -0700
                Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-05-20 04:01 -0500
        Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-18 10:47 -0700
          Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-05-19 01:23 +0200
        Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-18 18:44 -0700
          Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-05-19 20:41 -0700
            Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-19 23:25 -0700
      Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> - 2013-05-18 06:15 -0400
        Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-05-18 10:34 -0700
  Re: The most elegant Forth interpreter. Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-05-18 05:30 -0500

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