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Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure

From "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure
Date 2016-02-08 12:04 +1100
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References <2016Feb6.191548@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <n97lom$pf$1@dont-email.me> <56b76920$0$23790$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <56b78876.104137094@news.eternal-september.org>

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Stephen Pelc wrote:
> On 07 Feb 2016 15:56:16 GMT, Albert van der Horst
> <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> >I hate it when CASE is transformed into a disguised loop.
>
> There's nothing disguised about the NEXT-CASE solution. It is
> explicitly about a loop.
>
> Stephen

Doesn't VFX require BEGINCASE be used with NEXT-CASE ?
The example given in 'Programming Forth' (2011) p.40 specifies
CASE.  Out of date?

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The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-02-06 18:15 +0000
  Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2016-02-07 03:57 -0800
    Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-02-08 12:59 +0000
      Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2016-02-08 09:48 -0800
        Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-02-08 18:10 +0000
          Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2016-02-09 14:02 -0800
            Short-circuit evaluation (was: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE ...) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-02-10 16:10 +0000
  Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-07 14:32 +0000
  Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-07 14:53 +0000
    Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2016-02-07 15:56 +0000
      Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2016-02-07 18:11 +0000
        Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-02-08 12:04 +1100
          Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2016-02-08 10:29 +0000
            Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-02-08 11:00 +0000
              Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2016-02-08 12:28 +0000
                Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-02-08 15:26 +0000
                Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2016-02-08 16:16 +0000
                Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-02-08 16:37 +0000
                Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-02-08 16:21 +0000
            Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-02-11 21:12 +1100
              Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2016-02-11 10:46 +0000
      Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2016-02-07 12:33 -0800
        Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2016-02-08 10:38 +0000
  Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-02-08 12:07 +1100
    Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-02-08 11:11 +0000
      Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2016-02-08 14:49 +0000
      Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-02-09 20:31 +1100
        Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-02-09 12:38 -0800
      Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-11 14:23 +0000
        Re: The extended Eaker-Pelc CASE as general control structure "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-11 19:45 +0000

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