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| From | stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: VFX error? |
| Organization | MPE |
| Message-ID | <5437df2c.623869198@news.demon.co.uk> (permalink) |
| References | <5b5849fc-0165-4eef-8ddb-833862c3adde@googlegroups.com> <5231d8cd-5c2e-4227-8303-400431868788@googlegroups.com> |
| Date | 2014-10-10 13:34 +0000 |
On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:47:10 -0700 (PDT), francois.ganza@wanadoo.fr wrote: >Why don't use an extension char for BASE ? > >like "b", "o", "d" and "h" Because these are all valid digits in some base or other. The prefix notation is common practice in desktop Forths and so was standardised. Other Forths, including VFX Forth, also support the 0xabcd notation. Stephen -- Stephen Pelc, stephenXXX@mpeforth.com MicroProcessor Engineering Ltd - More Real, Less Time 133 Hill Lane, Southampton SO15 5AF, England tel: +44 (0)23 8063 1441, fax: +44 (0)23 8033 9691 web: http://www.mpeforth.com - free VFX Forth downloads
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Re: VFX error? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-10-10 10:39 +0000
Re: VFX error? "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-10-17 22:04 -0400
Re: VFX error? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-10-10 03:06 -0500
Re: VFX error? francois.ganza@wanadoo.fr - 2014-10-10 01:47 -0700
Re: VFX error? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-10-10 10:36 +0000
Re: VFX error? stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-10-10 13:34 +0000
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Re: VFX error? jzakiya@gmail.com - 2014-10-10 12:41 -0700
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