Re: single-xt approach in the standard

Date	2024-09-23 13:34 +1000
Subject	Re: single-xt approach in the standard
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On 22/09/2024 5:54 pm, Anton Ertl wrote:
> dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> writes:
>> IMO small systems are better off with Forth-94.
> 
> Small systems pick and choose from standards as they see fit; they
> ignore Forth-94 and Forth-2012 requirements in some places, but use
> the standard as a guideline in places where compliance is compatible
> with the requirements stemming from hardware limitations; in this
> way the standard is useful even for those systems and their users.
> 
> The separate FP stack has not ever come up as an issue for small
> systems that I ever heard of, probably because these systems tend not
> to implement the optional Floating-Point wordset.
> 
> One example of non-compliance is the way DOES> is implemented on many
> flash-based systems; in some systems it does not go with CREATE, but
> with <BUILDS, and the use of multiple DOES> on the same word is not
> supported.
> 
> - anton

The only guidance a standard can give is on duplicating the past.  I see
no value in creating a new forth simply to do that.  As an individual one
has the opportunity to bring something new that's not merely repetition.
At the very least one can avoid repeating the same mistakes.

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single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-17 14:54 +0400
  Re: single-xt approach in the standard minforth@gmx.net (minforth) - 2024-09-17 11:20 +0000
    Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-17 15:59 +0400
      Re: single-xt approach in the standard Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2024-09-17 14:58 -0400
        Re: single-xt approach in the standard dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 13:39 +1000
          Standardization process (was: single-xt approach in the standard) Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 11:07 +0400
            Re: Standardization process dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 20:16 +1000
              Re: Standardization process Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 14:51 +0400
                Re: Standardization process dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 23:39 +1000
                Re: Standardization process Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 18:41 +0400
              Re: Standardization process Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 15:59 +0400
        Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 12:44 +0400
          Re: single-xt approach in the standard Gerry Jackson <do-not-use@swldwa.uk> - 2024-09-18 21:59 +0100
            Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-19 10:17 +0200
            Standard testsuite (was: single-xt approach in the standard) Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-19 12:24 +0400
              Re: Standard testsuite (was: single-xt approach in the standard) albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-19 10:54 +0200
  Re: single-xt approach in the standard mhx@iae.nl (mhx) - 2024-09-17 12:15 +0000
    Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-17 17:04 +0400
      Re: single-xt approach in the standard minforth@gmx.net (minforth) - 2024-09-17 13:58 +0000
        Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-17 18:55 +0400
          Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-17 17:22 +0200
      Re: single-xt approach in the standard dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-09-21 12:51 +1000
        Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-21 15:42 +0400
          Re: single-xt approach in the standard dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 12:15 +1000
            Re: single-xt approach in the standard anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2024-09-22 07:54 +0000
              Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-22 12:05 +0200
              Re: single-xt approach in the standard dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 13:34 +1000
                Re: single-xt approach in the standard Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2024-09-23 10:45 -0400
                Re: single-xt approach in the standard dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-09-24 14:50 +1000
                Re: single-xt approach in the standard dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-09-25 10:35 +1000
            Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 20:57 +0400
              Re: single-xt approach in the standard anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2024-09-22 17:13 +0000
                Semantics as observable behavior (was: single-xt approach in the standard) Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 23:53 +0400
                Re: Semantics as observable behavior (was: single-xt approach in the standard) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2024-09-22 21:04 +0000
                Re: Semantics as observable behavior Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 02:01 +0400
                Re: Semantics as observable behavior Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 11:36 +0400
              Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-22 21:34 +0200
                Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 00:02 +0400
                Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-23 09:40 +0200
                Re: single-xt approach in the standard minforth@gmx.net (minforth) - 2024-09-23 08:42 +0000
              Re: single-xt approach in the standard dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 15:28 +1000
                Standard compliance for systems (was: single-xt approach in the standard) Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 10:56 +0400
                Re: Standard compliance for systems dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-11-22 16:49 +1100
                Re: Standard compliance for systems minforth@gmx.net (minforth) - 2024-11-22 10:11 +0000
                Re: Standard compliance for systems mhx@iae.nl (mhx) - 2024-11-22 11:35 +0000
                Re: Standard compliance for systems minforth@gmx.net (minforth) - 2024-11-22 13:11 +0000
                Re: Standard compliance for systems mhx@iae.nl (mhx) - 2024-11-22 15:26 +0000
                Re: Standard compliance for systems dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-11-23 11:54 +1100
                Re: Standard compliance for systems albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-11-23 14:09 +0100
                Re: Standard compliance for systems dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2024-11-24 12:02 +1100
      Re: single-xt approach in the standard Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2024-09-21 14:47 +0000
        Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-21 23:18 +0400
          Re: single-xt approach in the standard Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2024-09-22 12:09 +0000
            Re: single-xt approach in the standard anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2024-09-22 14:28 +0000
            Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-22 21:20 +0200
      Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-22 11:53 +0200
        Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 01:15 +0400
          Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-23 10:36 +0200
            Re: single-xt approach in the standard mhx@iae.nl (mhx) - 2024-09-23 09:32 +0000
              Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-23 13:57 +0200
              Re: single-xt approach in the standard anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2024-09-23 17:02 +0000
                Re: single-xt approach in the standard mhx@iae.nl (mhx) - 2024-09-23 19:20 +0000
            Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 14:16 +0400
              Re: single-xt approach in the standard anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2024-09-23 16:52 +0000
                Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-25 11:27 +0400
    Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-17 17:18 +0200
  Re: single-xt approach in the standard Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2024-09-17 15:12 -0400
    Re: single-xt approach in the standard anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2024-09-17 19:25 +0000
      Re: single-xt approach in the standard Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2024-09-24 07:08 -0400
    Re: single-xt approach in the standard Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2024-09-17 23:04 +0000
      Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 10:10 +0400
        Re: single-xt approach in the standard mhx@iae.nl (mhx) - 2024-09-18 06:38 +0000
          Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-19 12:26 +0400
    Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 14:34 +0400
      Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 16:41 +0400
      Re: single-xt approach in the standard Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 18:43 +0200
        Re: single-xt approach in the standard albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2024-09-19 10:36 +0200
          Re: single-xt approach in the standard Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2024-09-20 14:58 +0200
  Re: single-xt approach in the standard anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2024-09-17 21:15 +0000
  Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-18 12:15 +0400
  Re: single-xt approach in the standard peter.m.falth@gmail.com (PMF) - 2024-09-21 21:28 +0000
    Re: single-xt approach in the standard anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2024-09-22 07:23 +0000
    Re: single-xt approach in the standard Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 21:34 +0400

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