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Re: suggestions for word names?

From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: suggestions for word names?
Date 2014-02-19 02:44 -0800
Organization Nightsong/Fort GNOX
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Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> : drup ( n1 n2 - n1 n1 ) drop swap ;
> : dip ( n1 n2 - n2 n2 ) nip dup ;
> dip and drup look fairly useless to me.

I think the idea of the stack quarks paper was to make a word for each
of the possible combinators taking up to 2 elements from the stack, and
putting back up to 2, or something like that.

In practical terms when the stack juggling gets this intricate, it's
time to lose your fear of locals ;-)

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suggestions for word names? Marcos Cruz <null_email_so_use_my_contact_page@programandala.net> - 2014-02-14 20:15 +0000
  Re: suggestions for word names? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-02-14 10:30 -1000
    Re: suggestions for word names? Marcos Cruz <null_email_so_use_my_contact_page@programandala.net> - 2014-02-14 22:07 +0000
      Re: suggestions for word names? humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 10:00 -0800
        Re: suggestions for word names? Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2014-02-18 05:04 -0800
          Re: suggestions for word names? m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2014-02-18 05:45 -0800
          Re: suggestions for word names? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-02-18 18:17 -0500
            Re: suggestions for word names? Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2014-02-18 21:38 -0800
            Re: suggestions for word names? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-19 02:00 -0800
              Re: suggestions for word names? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-19 02:44 -0800
              Re: suggestions for word names? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-02-19 20:13 +0000
          Re: suggestions for word names? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-02-19 03:49 -0600
    Re: suggestions for word names? Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 14:55 +0100
  Re: suggestions for word names? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-02-14 20:44 -0500
    Re: suggestions for word names? Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 14:52 +0100
      Re: suggestions for word names? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-02-15 15:43 +0100
      Re: suggestions for word names? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-02-15 12:06 -0500
        Re: suggestions for word names? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-02-15 18:30 +0100
        Re: suggestions for word names? Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 16:45 +0100
          Re: suggestions for word names? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-02-18 18:17 -0500
            Re: suggestions for word names? Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 09:44 +0100
            Re: suggestions for word names? Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 09:47 +0100
              Re: suggestions for word names? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-19 01:38 -0800
                Re: suggestions for word names? Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 16:59 +0100
            Re: suggestions for word names? Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 10:11 +0100
              Re: suggestions for word names? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-02-19 05:39 -0500
                Re: suggestions for word names? Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2014-02-19 03:31 -0800
    Re: suggestions for word names? Marcos Cruz <null_email_so_use_my_contact_page@programandala.net> - 2014-02-15 15:41 +0000

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