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Re: BB4Wforth version 0.33 released

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cliffyapp@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, October 19, 2009 at 5:22:54 AM UTC-4, Richard Russell wrote:
> > Rich Jones has recently updated Jonesforth to version 47, which fixes
> > the ROT/-ROT reversal (but unfortunately not the serious /MOD bug).  I
> > have therefore followed suit by updating BB4Wforth to version 0.38:
> >
> >  http://www.rtr.myzen.co.uk/bb4wforth.zip
> >
> > This has allowed me to remove the code I added to swap ROT and -ROT,
> > but of course all my other corrections/additions remain (including the
> > fix to /MOD).
>
> Fascinating stuff!  For clarity (apologies if I missed this in the code) are the
> bb4wforth contributions also in the public domain?
>
> Thanks,
> CY

Not so fascinating ...

    BB4Wforth version 0.38 adapted from Jones-Forth version 47
    Corrections and additions by Richard Russell, 19-0ct-2009
    251134 cells remaining
    OK

Cells?  First time I've seen a forth specify memory in cells, and how
is that useful.  Is it really cells?  Let's see what UNUSED returns:

    UNUSED U.
    251135  OK

Inconclusive, but why the difference?  Let's try something else:

    1000 ALLOT  UNUSED U.
    250885  OK

Ok, so UNUSED *is* reporting cells.  Let's hope the following works:

    BYE

Yay! It does.

What else doesn't the author and Jonesforth know about Forth?
I'm sure you'll find out - eventually.

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Re: BB4Wforth version 0.33 released cliffyapp@gmail.com - 2017-04-22 18:08 -0700
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