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Subject: Re: Ideal Stack Machine Instruction Set
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awegel@arcor.de (Alexander Wegel) writes:
> Is there a reason to use the hosts outer interpreter but sheer laziness?

I thought it was an important part of Forth's fiendish cleverness.