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Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't

From "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't
Date 2013-09-21 12:48 +1000
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Elizabeth D Rather wrote:
> ...
> Never, never, never write a definition without a stack comment.
> ...

Funny because that's *exactly* how some Forth Wizards write their code.
Maintenance by others aside, *how* they manage to work that way without
getting lost is difficult to comprehend.

Who am I talking about?  Well, there is Chuck Moore (source for Colorforth
is uncommented) and Stackworks author Mike Brothers wherein the entire
system source there is not a single stack comment.


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well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't gavino_himself <visploveslisp@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 22:55 -0700
  Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't gavino_himself <visploveslisp@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 22:58 -0700
  Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't VoidVolker <voidvolker@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 23:35 -0700
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-19 03:09 -0400
      Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't gavino_himself <visploveslisp@gmail.com> - 2013-09-19 01:11 -0700
        Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-19 04:32 -0400
          Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-09-19 14:15 -1000
            Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-09-21 12:48 +1000
              Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-09-20 17:52 -1000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 08:46 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 10:40 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 10:48 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 18:12 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-09-23 16:59 +0000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-09-21 17:48 +0000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 19:34 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-09-22 11:51 +1000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2013-09-21 21:09 -0700
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@nohavenotit.com> - 2013-09-21 13:09 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-09-21 08:37 -1000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-09-23 17:26 +0000
          Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 02:19 -0700
      Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-09-19 09:16 +0000
        Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:08 -0700
          Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 08:47 -0400
  Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Spam@ControlQ.com - 2013-09-19 11:16 -0400
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:07 -0700
  Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@nohavenotit.com> - 2013-09-20 04:37 -0400
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-09-19 22:45 -1000
      Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-09-20 01:49 -0700
        Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:10 -0700
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 08:19 -0400
      Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:11 -0700
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:09 -0700
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-09-24 07:46 -0700

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