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Subject: Re: Given a string, create word with that name (in ANS Forth)?
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albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) writes:
> No need for more words. At the same time we could get rid of
> the SHOUTING FROM THE FORTRAN ERA.

People do like to write   foo bar DUP blah SWAP   to distinguish
builtins from user words, etc.  Case sensitivity would break a
ridiculous amount of existing code.