Re: Recognizer proposal

From	Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Recognizer proposal
Date	2026-02-25 20:25 -0800
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Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> writes:
> I still think that meddling with the text interpreter is a big no-no
> and an invitation to disaster.

Yes, S" 12.34e" >FLOAT is quite horrible, but having the behaviour of
"123.45" change depending on whether the floating point wordset is
loaded is also horrible.  Probably best to leave things as they are, and
maybe suggest a nonstandard extension to treat 123.45 as a float.  To
get a double cell you'd use 

It does seem to me that with 32-bit systems widespread, double ints have
gotten less important.  I wouldn't want the standard behaviour to
change, but I'd probably use the nonstandard extension if it existed.
With the extension turned on, to get the double int, you'd use 12345 0
or maybe something like "D# 123 45" .

Double ints are maybe still useful on 8 bit systems with 16 bit cells.

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Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-09 07:49 +0000
  Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-10 13:36 +0100
    Re: Recognizer proposal jkn <jkn+nin@nicorp.co.uk> - 2026-02-10 17:48 +0000
      Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 11:21 +1100
        Re: Recognizer proposal jkn <jkn+nin@nicorp.co.uk> - 2026-02-11 09:05 +0000
          Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-11 12:46 +0100
          Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 13:36 +0100
            Re: Recognizer proposal jkn <jkn+nin@nicorp.co.uk> - 2026-02-11 20:49 +0000
          Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-11 18:37 +0000
            Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-13 12:25 +0100
        Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 14:34 +0100
          Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-12 11:35 +1100
            Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-12 07:24 +0000
              Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-12 10:59 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-12 10:13 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 13:22 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-13 13:07 +0100
              Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-12 20:59 +1100
            Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-13 12:35 +0100
              Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 13:30 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-13 13:44 +0100
          Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-12 07:35 +0000
            Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-12 10:55 +0100
              Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-13 08:27 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 13:43 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal Gerry Jackson <do-not-use@swldwa.uk> - 2026-02-13 23:50 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-14 12:53 +1100
                Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-15 13:33 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-16 12:18 +1100
                Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-19 13:42 +0100
                Evolution of Forths  was Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-19 14:38 +0100
                Re: Evolution of Forths was Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-20 12:33 +1100
                Re: Evolution of Forths was Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-20 11:58 +0100
                Re: Evolution of Forths was Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-24 10:45 +1100
                Re: Evolution of Forths was Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-21 16:35 +0100
                Re: Evolution of Forths was Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-24 13:13 +1100
          Re: Recognizer proposal Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-02-25 20:25 -0800
            Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-26 06:53 +0000
            Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-26 13:09 +0100
              Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-27 20:24 +1100
              Re: Recognizer proposal Gerry Jackson <do-not-use@swldwa.uk> - 2026-02-27 09:25 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-27 14:48 +0000
              Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-27 19:21 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-28 10:15 +1100
                Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-28 15:34 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-28 17:56 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-02-28 22:45 -0800
                Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-01 07:54 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-01 14:17 -0800
                Re: Recognizer proposal antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-03-02 00:21 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-02 12:36 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-04 16:48 -0800
                Re: Recognizer proposal antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-03-02 00:17 +0000
            Re: Recognizer proposal Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-02-26 07:32 -0600
            Re: Recognizer proposal Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2026-03-02 13:23 +0000
              Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-03 13:47 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2026-03-03 14:39 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-04 16:52 -0800
                Re: Recognizer proposal Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2026-03-06 10:54 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-06 12:22 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-03-07 17:58 +0100
              Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-03-03 18:33 +0100
      Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 13:54 +0100
        Re: Recognizer proposal jkn <jkn+nin@nicorp.co.uk> - 2026-02-11 13:09 +0000
          Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-11 15:59 +0100
            Re: Recognizer proposal jkn <jkn+nin@nicorp.co.uk> - 2026-02-11 20:46 +0000
        Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-11 16:30 +0000
          Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-12 12:07 +0100
            Re: Recognizer proposal Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2026-02-12 13:00 +0000
            Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-12 12:55 +0000
              Re: Recognizer proposal Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-02-13 14:17 +0100
            Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-13 13:28 +0100
              Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-14 01:23 +1100
            Re: Recognizer proposal Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-02-16 22:07 -0600
              Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-17 21:25 +1100
                Re: Recognizer proposal Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-02-17 08:16 -0600
                Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-21 15:32 +0000
              Re: Recognizer proposal Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2026-02-17 14:13 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-17 20:21 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-02-18 13:08 +1100
    Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-11 12:29 +0100
  Re: Recognizer proposal minforth <minforth@gmx.net> - 2026-02-18 11:14 +0100
    Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-21 15:40 +0000
      Re: Recognizer proposal Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-02-24 02:43 -0600
        Re: Recognizer proposal Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-08 18:15 -0500
          Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-09 07:49 +0000
            Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-09 10:37 +0100
              Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-10 07:35 +0000
                Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-10 12:06 +0100
                Re: Recognizer proposal Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-11 09:48 -0500
            Re: Recognizer proposal Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-09 16:48 -0500
              Re: Recognizer proposal Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-11 09:45 -0500
  Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-18 12:33 +0100
    Re: Recognizer proposal anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-02-21 15:48 +0000
      Re: Recognizer proposal albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-02-25 14:11 +0100
  Re: Recognizer proposal NN <november.nihal@gmail.com> - 2026-03-19 19:23 +0000
    Re: Recognizer proposal thresh3@fastmail.com (Lev) - 2026-03-19 23:13 +0000

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