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| Subject | Re: RfD: new double syntax |
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| References | <2016Jul1.191836@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <19e8d7e5-0fb8-4369-83f8-67e56e000d92@googlegroups.com> <ZamdnQDNmdAh5OrKnZ2dnUU7-QvNnZ2d@supernews.com> <nl8acv$pcv$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| From | "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> |
| Organization | FORTH, Inc. |
| Date | 2016-07-02 11:19 -1000 |
| Message-ID | <iJSdnadbPqJ7suXKnZ2dnUU7-b2dnZ2d@supernews.com> (permalink) |
On 7/2/16 2:02 AM, HAA wrote: > Elizabeth D. Rather wrote: >> On 7/1/16 9:26 PM, josv@planet.nl wrote: >>> It will break a lot of old code >>> IMO stability is more important. >> >> Agreed. >> >>> Newcomers will not use doubles directly. >> >> Maybe, but it's often easy to set parameters, etc., as doubles, >> especially on 16-bit platforms (which are still in wide use). > > Anyone using Forth on a 16-bit platform will have far more > interesting problems to solve than how to enter a double > number! > > There are greater challenges to a Forth newcomer than the > sight of doubles in Forth code. Lack of type-checking is the > big one. It can be a challenge even for experienced Forthers. > Yet newcomers take it in their stride without any drama. > > If the trailing dot notation for doubles is changed in Forth it > will be for reasons other than newcomers couldn't handle it. Indeed. Anyone who's going to be upset by a language that's different from others isn't going to get far with Forth. Double integers is a microscopic issue compared with the stack and other prominent features. Cheers, Elizabeth -- ================================================== Elizabeth D. Rather (US & Canada) 800-55-FORTH FORTH Inc. +1 310.999.6784 5959 West Century Blvd. Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90045 http://www.forth.com "Forth-based products and Services for real-time applications since 1973." ==================================================
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RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-01 17:18 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-01 11:45 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-01 14:46 -0400
Re: RfD: new double syntax Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-07-01 11:47 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-02 14:54 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax mhx@iae.nl - 2016-07-01 11:48 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-02 14:52 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-07-01 09:10 -1000
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-01 19:10 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-02 06:23 +0000
RfD: new double syntax krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-01 20:54 -0700
RfD: new double syntax krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-01 21:18 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-01 22:26 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-02 22:32 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 01:16 -0400
Re: RfD: new double syntax Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 08:34 +0300
Re: RfD: new double syntax rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 03:00 -0400
Re: RfD: new double syntax Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 10:20 +0300
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-03 08:29 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-02 23:10 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 23:20 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 03:02 -0400
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-02 14:20 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-02 14:11 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax josv@planet.nl - 2016-07-02 00:26 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-07-01 22:22 -1000
Re: RfD: new double syntax "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-07-02 22:02 +1000
Re: RfD: new double syntax "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-07-02 11:19 -1000
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-02 14:02 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-07-02 04:03 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-02 13:44 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-02 07:38 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-02 07:42 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-02 22:44 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-07-02 09:58 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-07-02 11:32 -1000
Re: RfD: new double syntax "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-03 00:27 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-04 08:05 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-07-04 03:50 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-07-04 03:53 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-02 17:32 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-07-02 10:52 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-02 13:03 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-03 15:02 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 11:18 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2016-07-03 21:19 +0200
Re: RfD: new double syntax Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-07-03 11:36 +0100
Re: RfD: new double syntax Gerard Sontag <gerardsontag@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 06:58 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-03 14:21 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax Gerard Sontag <gerardsontag@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 07:55 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-03 08:08 -0700
Dealing with multiple recognizers (was: RfD: new double syntax) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-03 15:13 +0000
Re: Dealing with multiple recognizers (was: RfD: new double syntax) hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-03 09:57 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 01:12 -0400
Re: RfD: new double syntax Gerard Sontag <gerardsontag@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 07:56 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 11:18 -0400
Re: RfD: new double syntax JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2016-07-03 08:15 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-07-03 12:42 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-07-03 09:32 -1000
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-04 07:34 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 10:35 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 09:00 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-07-04 09:51 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-07-04 11:20 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-07-06 04:08 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-07-06 06:24 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax Alex McDonald <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2016-07-06 12:38 +0100
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-07-06 06:46 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-07-06 13:37 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-07-07 03:28 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2016-08-04 23:59 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-08-04 19:26 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-04 17:34 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2016-08-05 02:57 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-05 13:15 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2016-08-06 01:56 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-07 17:22 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2016-08-08 04:56 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax josv@planet.nl - 2016-08-08 08:50 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2016-08-08 12:26 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax josv@planet.nl - 2016-08-08 15:41 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax mhx@iae.nl - 2016-08-08 23:06 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax josv@planet.nl - 2016-08-09 00:57 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2016-08-09 03:05 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-08-10 01:46 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-10 19:07 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2016-08-11 05:24 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax josv@planet.nl - 2016-08-06 04:50 -0700
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-08-05 12:01 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-07-04 08:51 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-07-04 04:03 -0500
Re: RfD: new double syntax anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-07-03 14:56 +0000
Re: RfD: new double syntax Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-07-03 22:00 +0100
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