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Re: A New Forth

From Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: A New Forth
Date 2016-10-14 07:58 +0300
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On 14/10/2016 4:41, lawrencedo99@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 5:26:03 PM UTC+13, Ron Aaron wrote:
>> I thought the defining nature of "Lisp" was that it manipulates
>> "lists", and that the defining nature of "Forth" was that it manipulates
>> "stacks"?
> 
> Lists are first-class objects in Lisp, stacks are not first-class objects in Forth.
> 

They are in 8th: you can get the data or return stacks as actual items
on which to operate (and you can make as many stacks as you like).

They are in some other Forths as well; you can get references to the
data-stack in Retro for instance.

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A New Forth tabcomputing@gmail.com - 2016-10-07 17:56 -0700
  Re: A New Forth Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem> - 2016-10-07 23:05 -0400
    Re: A New Forth Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-10-08 10:07 -0400
  Re: A New Forth anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-10-08 13:08 +0000
    Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 10:54 -0700
      Re: A New Forth anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-10-08 18:03 +0000
        Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 11:13 -0700
    Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-08 11:17 -0700
    Re: A New Forth hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 14:44 -0700
      Re: A New Forth hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 14:53 -0700
        Re: A New Forth hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 15:04 -0700
        Re: A New Forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 22:55 -0400
  Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 12:11 -0700
    Re: A New Forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-08 21:31 +0200
      Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 17:07 -0700
    Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-08 12:33 -0700
      Re: A New Forth missycurl@gmail.com - 2016-10-08 12:54 -0700
        Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-08 13:29 -0700
      Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 17:28 -0700
        Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-08 18:00 -0700
          Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 09:00 -0700
            Re: A New Forth luser droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-09 11:19 -0700
            Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-10 01:09 -0700
              Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 08:24 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-10 13:28 -0700
                Re: A New Forth "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-10-10 11:14 -1000
                Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-10 15:11 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 21:46 -0400
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 16:26 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-10 18:58 -0700
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 20:15 -0700
              Re: A New Forth Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 07:26 +0300
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 03:09 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 13:27 +0300
                Re: A New Forth lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 18:41 -0700
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 19:08 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-10-14 07:58 +0300
          Re: A New Forth franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2016-10-09 11:09 -0700
          Re: A New Forth lawrencedo99@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 18:45 -0700
        Re: A New Forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-10-09 10:54 +0200
          Re: A New Forth missycurl@gmail.com - 2016-10-09 07:35 -0700
          Re: A New Forth Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-11 06:23 +0200
          Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-10 21:31 -0700
          Re: A New Forth franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2016-10-15 00:26 -0700
        Re: A New Forth Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-13 19:16 +0200
          Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 11:46 -0700
            Re: A New Forth Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2016-10-13 19:04 +0000
        Re: A New Forth "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-15 20:07 +0000
    Re: A New Forth luser droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-08 13:56 -0700
  Re: A New Forth polymorph self <jackvanc3@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 19:58 -0700
  Re: A New Forth Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 19:22 -0700
    Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 20:18 -0700
      Re: A New Forth Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 11:14 -0700
        Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 14:22 -0700
          Re: A New Forth jim.brakefield@ieee.org - 2016-10-11 15:11 -0700
            Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 18:03 -0700
          Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-11 15:13 -0700
            Re: A New Forth Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 17:52 -0700
              Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 19:55 -0700
              Re: A New Forth hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 14:21 -0700
                Re: A New Forth hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-10-13 14:36 -0700
            Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 18:08 -0700
              Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-11 18:21 -0700
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 20:01 -0700
        Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-11 20:33 -0700
          Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 01:15 -0400
            Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 05:44 -0700
              Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 11:51 -0400
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 09:47 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-12 10:08 -0700
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 11:48 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-12 11:56 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 13:41 -0400
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 11:57 -0700
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 12:02 -0700
                Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 09:24 -0400
                Re: A New Forth Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 10:33 -0400
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 10:05 -0700
                Re: A New Forth jim <anon@example.com> - 2016-10-12 19:01 +0100
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 09:53 -0700
                Re: A New Forth fred <anon@example.com> - 2016-10-14 12:37 +0100
                Re: A New Forth jim <anon@example.com> - 2016-10-14 14:49 +0100
                Re: A New Forth trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-10-14 07:20 -0700
                Re: A New Forth jim <anon@example.com> - 2016-10-15 11:58 +0100
                Re: A New Forth tabcomputing@gmail.com - 2016-10-15 10:21 -0700
          Re: A New Forth Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 04:33 -0700
  Re: A New Forth Whammo <sidciavic@gmail.com> - 2016-10-15 12:23 -0700

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