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Re: Quotations revisited

From Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: Quotations revisited
Date 2012-07-21 01:24 +0400
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"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:

> On 7/19/12 6:11 AM, Anton Ertl wrote:
>> "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
>>> On 7/17/12 12:48 AM, Anton Ertl wrote:
>>>> "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
>>>>>> But if somebody types Ctrl-C (user interrupt) while U. is working,
>>>>>> BASE is not restored.  That's why the CATCH/THROW is in HEX.
>>>>>
>>>>> Really, pretty hard to do. Have you ever succeeded?
>>>>
>>>> : H. ( n -- )   BASE @ HEX swap U.  BASE ! ;  ok
>>>> : test decimal 1000000 0 do i h. loop ;  ok
>>>> test
>> ...
>>> That's a pathological example because of the massively iterated short
>>> loop. H. isn't used that way in real-world code.
>>
>> You may consider I/O-bound code pathological, but it is not at all
>> unusual in the real world.  A simple example is DUMP.  I would hope
>> that this unsafe H. is not used in real-world code, but I fear that it
>> is.
>
> Most implementations of DUMP I know of are interruptible but not
> by trapping H. A more appropriate strategy is with a KEY? in the
> loop, maybe once/line. Likewise anything else capable of
> generating a lot of output.

Do you mean that there're no other ways to interrupt program than by
writing it so that it constantly polls for some event?


-- 
HE CE3OH...

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Quotations revisited mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-07-14 15:55 +0200
  Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-15 19:26 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-15 23:53 +0200
    Re: Quotations revisited mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-07-15 23:54 +0200
      Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-16 00:48 +0200
        Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-22 15:01 +0000
          Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:49 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 21:39 +0000
              Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-25 13:13 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 11:07 -0500
          Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 10:21 -0700
            Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 12:35 -0500
              Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 11:39 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 15:16 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 14:35 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-23 04:18 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 12:58 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-23 11:55 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-23 05:45 -0700
            Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-27 12:41 +0000
      Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-15 14:11 -1000
        Re: Quotations revisited "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-07-16 07:47 +0200
          Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 13:56 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 07:20 -1000
              Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-17 13:49 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-16 02:32 -0700
          Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-27 12:58 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 04:32 -0500
          Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 11:41 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 07:40 -0500
              Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 14:05 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 09:20 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 15:46 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 11:33 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 15:32 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 17:56 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-16 23:37 +0200
          Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-27 13:05 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-27 08:21 -0500
      Re: Quotations revisited Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2012-07-16 10:14 +0200
      Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 04:23 -0500
        Re: Quotations revisited m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2012-07-16 03:39 -0700
          Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 07:09 -0500
            Re: Quotations revisited mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-07-16 23:47 +0200
              Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 04:14 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-17 17:39 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 12:18 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-07-17 20:26 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-19 16:21 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-19 15:58 -0700
      Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 14:05 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 12:47 +0000
      Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 08:56 -0500
      Re: Quotations revisited Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2012-07-16 15:04 +0100
        Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 09:23 -0500
          Re: Quotations revisited Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2012-07-16 17:38 +0100
            Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 12:58 -0500
        Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 14:56 +0000
      Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-16 22:53 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-16 19:59 -0700
          Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 17:04 -1000
            Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-17 06:51 +0000
              Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 21:39 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-17 07:48 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 22:24 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-17 10:48 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-17 08:19 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-18 01:31 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-19 16:11 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-19 12:41 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-21 01:24 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-20 16:20 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-21 03:59 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-21 21:33 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-22 01:35 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-22 21:19 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-22 08:15 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 11:48 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-22 21:48 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 15:22 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 14:50 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 15:08 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-22 15:20 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-23 03:29 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-22 14:22 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-23 05:46 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-22 21:46 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-25 03:31 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:50 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-23 07:57 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-25 03:38 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-26 13:01 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-21 12:10 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-21 09:19 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-21 18:58 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 04:24 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-22 14:25 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 11:11 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-21 19:29 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:31 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-23 12:21 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 17:32 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-23 11:23 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-24 03:28 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-25 13:15 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-25 11:47 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-26 13:06 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-26 09:50 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-26 15:11 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-26 11:06 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-26 16:46 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-27 04:52 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-26 09:48 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-27 14:51 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-28 08:29 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-29 20:55 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-30 04:40 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-31 23:46 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-01 04:30 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:17 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-22 18:41 -0400
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:53 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-17 12:22 +0000
              Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 07:30 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-17 06:34 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 09:04 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-18 07:07 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-18 17:43 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-18 09:29 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-18 20:59 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-18 21:14 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-19 16:05 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-20 14:50 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-20 15:08 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-21 11:27 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:28 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 19:41 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-18 10:18 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-19 17:00 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-19 15:34 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-19 16:08 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-17 20:09 +0200
  Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 12:01 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-16 10:42 -0700
      Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 18:06 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 11:08 -1000
          Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 21:38 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-17 00:29 +0200
              Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 12:38 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 04:20 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-17 03:21 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-17 03:14 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-17 19:58 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 13:05 -0500
  Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-20 11:12 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-20 05:40 -0700
      Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-20 15:55 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 20:54 -0700
      Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-25 03:55 +0400

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