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| From | rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention |
| Date | 2016-07-03 11:54 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <nlbcgf$mio$3@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 7/3/2016 3:31 AM, ruvim.pinka@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 8:05:48 AM UTC+3, rickman wrote: > >>>> 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. > > Short answer: the unified name convention. It doesn't matter what the types at all. The matter is to apply the same rule (the rule how to compose one name from another name) for all the names from double-number words set. So what is the rule? >>> See my message in "Double Number Words and Nomenclature" thread. > > The mentioned message: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.forth/A3BgYVoamZk/GzAM4bo1BwAJ > > Rick, did you have a chance to look at the reasoning in those message? > > Please let me know if the reasoning is still unclear — I will try to explain. Yes, it is unclear. -- 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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