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From: Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem>
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Subject: Re: EXIT THEN
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:04:15 -0500
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:32:36 -0500
rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:

> So how is [COMPILE] different from postpone?
> 

AIUI, POSTPONE functions as both COMPILE and [COMPILE] .  I.e., you
don't need to know if the word is immediate or not with POSTPONE .  It
will do the correct thing 99.999% of the time.

See my response to Zbiggy
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.forth/RqN6h4qNlPs/RrktBeS62cUJ


Rod Pemberton