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Marek Brunda <marekb@phoenics.org> writes:
> Again, sometimes there is the need to set value of constant at runtime
> when the system initializes. After initialization the value of this
> constant is never changed. However, it can change at next reboot.

It still boggles my mind that anyone could expect such a thing to be
portable.  Is there any subroutine-threaded Forth where your example
works?