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| NNTP-Posting-Date | Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:54:08 -0500 |
| Date | Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:54:07 -1000 |
| From | "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> |
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On 6/14/13 1:22 PM, rickman wrote: > On 6/14/2013 7:03 PM, Elizabeth D. Rather wrote: >> On 6/12/13 5:14 AM, rickman wrote: >> ... >>> That is why I said "the spec didn't elucidate much". I don't think >>> reading source code is the way to learn about techniques... If I wanted >>> to learn programming by reading source code, I would be using Linux. >>> >> >> A Standard is not intended as a tutorial. You learn programming by >> reading books & articles, reading source code, and trying things. > > I never said any different. I said I was looking for more info. > > Looking at code that uses words like CATCH and THROW can be > illustrative, but I find trying to reverse engineer functions by looking > at their source code is a very ineffective use of time. If I were more > expert at using Forth maybe that wouldn't be true, but I am trying to > use Forth, not become a guru at it. > That article that you posted the link to was pretty clear, I thought. There's also a discussion (with a simple example) in Forth Programmer's Handbook. Is there a particular example you're having trouble understanding? Cheers, Elizabeth -- ================================================== Elizabeth D. Rather (US & Canada) 800-55-FORTH FORTH Inc. +1 310.999.6784 5959 West Century Blvd. Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90045 http://www.forth.com "Forth-based products and Services for real-time applications since 1973." ==================================================
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