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From: Chris Hinsley <chris.hinsley@gmail.com>
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> An individual who doesn't plan to
> distribute an implementation or use other people's code doesn't have
> those constraints.
> 
> Cheers,
> Elizabeth

I plan to fully distribute what I end up with ! But it will use a Forth 
like system. Wheather it is of interest to others if it dosn't stick to 
the standards is debateable.

I am uncomfatable with aspects of the standard, increasingly so as I 
have been moving from implamenting a Forth compiler to starting to 
build what I'm after as an end result. 'Taos in Forth'. I want to 
retain what Forth gives me, but it dosn't meet Taos requirements in 
other aspects, so I need to bend it to the shape I desire.

I hope the Forth comunitee will forgive me !

Chris