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From: Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem>
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Subject: Re: EXIT THEN
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On Wed, 1 Feb 2017 03:15:26 -0800 (PST)
Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 1 February 2017 00:16:13 UTC, Rod Pemberton  wrote:
> <snipped>
> > Who exactly will use your <SWITCH construct?
> > It's non-standard and there are other constructs which are widely
> > available.  
> <snipped>
> 
> It's written in standard ANS Forth, so that claim is wrong.

No, it's not wrong.  CASE is in the standard.  <SWITCH is not.  So,
<SWITCH is non-standard.  Is it ANS Forth compliant?  Yes.


Rod Pemberton