Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter.

From	"Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter.
Date	2012-04-15 17:57 -0400
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"BruceMcF" <agila61@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> On Apr 15, 1:09 pm, "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_h...@notemailnot.cmm>
> wrote:
...

> > Many other Forth words work for both interactively and in definitions.
> > So, could they (CONSTANT, VARIABLE, etc.) be rewritten to do so?
>
> In the most common type of Forth with mingle dictionary, data and code
> space, no, of course not.

Why not?

> CONSTANT VARIABLE and alike *create a dictionary entry*.
>

Yes, they do, but they aren't IMMEDIATE.  So, there is no corruption of the
current word being compiled if used inside a definition, if that's what you
meant.

If extended to do word for both modes and compiled into a definition, they
would both CREATE at run-time, yes?  Something like so ...

: T VARIABLE X ;
X <not found>
T
X .  <xxxxxxxx>

: V 5 CONSTANT Y ;
Y <not found>
V
Y .  <nnnnnnnn>

> > I'd also think that CONSTANTs inside definitions would be useful.
>
> *Using* the thing *defined by* CONSTANT is useful.

Yes.

> *Compiling* CONSTANT into a word to execute when the word
> executes, that is useful. But *executing* CONSTANT in the middle
> of defining a word ... what is the extra benefit of being able to do that?

Um ...

Was CONSTANT supposed to be an IMMEDIATE?  That makes sense if
CONSTANT is IMMEDIATE.  Mine is not IMMEDIATE.  I must've
misunderstood you.  Example?

Rod Pemberton

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Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-10 11:07 -0400
  Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-11 19:00 -0400
    Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-11 19:24 -0700
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        Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-04-12 08:19 -1000
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          Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-12 13:29 -0700
            Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-12 13:56 -0700
            Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-13 10:25 -0400
              Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-13 08:12 -0700
                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-14 17:22 -0400
                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-14 16:10 -0700
                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-15 12:53 -0400
                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-15 11:01 -0700
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    Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-12 00:19 -0700
      Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-12 13:54 -0400
        Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-04-12 13:43 -0700
    Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-12 06:45 -0700
      Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's  Forth interpreter. anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-04-12 15:01 +0000
        Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's  Forth interpreter. "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-12 13:54 -0400
        Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-12 10:49 -0700
          Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-04-12 08:40 -1000
            Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-12 12:38 -0700
              Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-04-12 13:58 -1000
          Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's  Forth interpreter. anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-04-13 10:42 +0000
            Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-13 08:34 -0700
              Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's  Forth interpreter. anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-04-13 15:48 +0000
                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's  Forth interpreter. "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-04-13 08:25 -1000
                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's  Forth interpreter. stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-04-13 22:08 +0000
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                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-13 16:14 -0700
                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2012-04-14 09:04 -0700
                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-14 15:59 -0700
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                Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-15 07:06 -0700
                XT only or XT+NT (was: A short history ...) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-04-14 14:06 +0000
                Re: XT only or XT+NT (was: A short history ...) Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-04-16 02:39 -0700
            Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-04-13 08:46 -0700
      Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-12 13:53 -0400
    Re: A short history of the stages of development and status of RP's Forth interpreter. "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-04-19 17:06 -0400

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