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Subject: Re: jonesforth: taking up the challenge
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From: Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org>
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Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:22:34 +0200
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Anton Ertl writes:
> I think the intent is to provide a standard Forth that uses the same
> pedagogical approach as JonesForth.

Oh, never min dthen.

> But if you think that the secret is just in the extensiveness of the
> comments, a way to prove that would be to do what you suggest

I read through Jonesforth some time ago, and thought it was quite
pleasant.  I found myself quite willing to overlook the various
idiosyncrasities.  So no, I'm not particularly intersted in this
challenge.

However: TELL instead of TYPE, what's up with that?