Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:39:35 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: single-xt approach in the standard Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth References: Content-Language: en-GB From: dxf In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Message-ID: <66ea4b75$1@news.ausics.net> Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 17 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:132236 On 18/09/2024 4:58 am, Anthony Howe wrote: > On 2024-09-17 07:59, Ruvim wrote: > ... >> I think, the standard conformance test suite is enough. > > One would think so, but the test suite is: > > * incomplete As is the standard generally. It's also dated. It's no coincidence vendors provided functionality well beyond what ANS specified. Since these extensions were never coordinated, there's no common practice and thus no consensus. Neither are willing to risk customer backlash on what is essentially a dead idea. Their role on the TC is to ensure nothing jeopardizes their investment. It's impossible to have spent 20 years 'standardizing' and have achieved so little. For fans only.