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Subject: Re: f.) for Gorth
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 08:12:34 +0000
Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> On 08/12/2016 03:49, hughaguilar96@gmail.com wrote:
> > Other languages use some kind of prefix or suffix to indicate
> > hexadecimal --- we have $ in Pascal and 0x in C. 
> 
> Forth 2012/20XX has prefixes:
> 
> # for decimal numbers
> $ for hex
> % for binary
> 
> See section 3.4.1.3 in http://forth-standard.org/standard/usage
> 

Why are # $ % number prefixes instead of standalone Forth words?  I.e.,
why aren't they followed by a space?  The parsing would seem to be more
C style than Forth.


Rod Pemberton