Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type

From	"Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type
Date	2013-08-07 23:09 +0100
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on 07/08/2013 21:13:49, Andrew Haley wrote:
> Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> wrote:
>> on 07/08/2013 18:47:57, Andrew Haley wrote:
>>
>>> Not that I ever use WORDS, mind you.
>>
>> You won't need to use TRAVERSE-WORDLIST either ;-)
> 
> Probably not, and that is a true dilemma for a Forth minimalist like
> me.  On the one hand I don't want God-only-knows what kind of ill-
> thought-out crud in the standard, 

Too late. Much of the crud imho was in place before this proposal. 

> but on the other hand I really don't
> want to be the bad guy who stands in the way of things that other
> people want.

Your observations are appreciated. 

> 
> I guess I'll just have to talk to Stephen at EuroForth and he'll let
> me know what the right thing to think is.  ;-)

I'll address my comments to the organ grinder in that case. Winky.

> 
> Andrew.

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Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-05 21:11 +0100
  Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-06 07:01 +0000
    Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-08-06 16:10 +0000
      Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-08-06 22:22 +0200
  Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-08-06 15:54 +0000
    Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-08-06 17:43 +0000
      Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-08-06 13:16 -1000
        Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-08-06 13:55 -1000
        Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-08-07 02:33 +0200
          Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-07 16:29 +0100
            Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-07 10:54 -0500
              Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-07 17:10 +0100
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-07 12:06 -0500
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-07 18:43 +0100
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-07 12:47 -0500
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-07 19:14 +0100
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-07 15:13 -0500
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-07 23:09 +0100
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-08 13:45 +0000
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-08 15:41 +0100
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-08 10:29 -0500
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-08 16:15 +0000
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-08-08 19:25 +0200
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-08 14:05 -0500
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-12 16:28 +0000
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-12 12:44 -0500
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-13 07:08 +0000
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-13 03:40 -0500
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-13 09:47 +0000
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-13 05:55 -0500
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-13 12:18 +0000
                Re: Adding NTs or making XTs the only opaque Forth type Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-13 10:32 -0500

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