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Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention

From rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention
Date 2016-07-03 01:05 -0400
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On 7/2/2016 3:43 PM, ruvim.pinka@gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 5:25:37 PM UTC+3, krishna...@ccreweb.org wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Proposal:
>> --------
>>
>> Introduce a synonym, UD< , into the Forth 20xx standard for the existing standard word DU< and deprecate the use of DU< .
>
>
> I'm against this variant because to be consistent with this convention you also need to rename:
>
>   'D0<' into '0D<'
>   'D2*' into '2D*'
>   'D2/' into '2D/'

I don't follow your reasoning at all.  I don't see how the issue of 
double unsigned which is a type has anything to do with the notation of 
a double precision zero value used for a comparison.


> See my message in "Double Number Words and Nomenclature" thread.
>
> It is better to change representation ud into du in stack diagrams (the only one worth argument).
>
>
> --
> Ruvim
>


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Rick C

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RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-02 07:25 -0700
  Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-07-02 10:01 -0500
  Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention ruvim.pinka@gmail.com - 2016-07-02 12:43 -0700
    Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 01:05 -0400
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention ruvim.pinka@gmail.com - 2016-07-03 00:31 -0700
        Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 11:54 -0400
    Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-07-05 00:19 +1000
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-04 07:37 -0700
        Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-07-07 13:01 +1000
          Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-09 08:40 -0700
            Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-07-10 18:23 +1000
              Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-10 08:27 -0700
    Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-07-04 13:59 +1000
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-03 22:42 -0700
    Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-03 21:09 -0700
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention ruvim.pinka@gmail.com - 2016-07-10 20:37 -0700
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention ruvim.pinka@gmail.com - 2016-07-10 21:07 -0700

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