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Gerry Jackson wrote:
> I think it works OK for simple definitions but not if quotations are
> included in control structures e.g.
>
> : foo if [: ." A quotation" ;] execute then ;
>
> won't compile on many, if not all, systems

Oh, right!

I made a correction that saves and restores the control flow stack
around the quotation, but it would only work on those rare
implementations that use the data stack as the control flow stack.