Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ?

From	"HAA" <someone@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ?
Date	2017-05-14 11:23 +1000
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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Rod Pemberton wrote:
> If I have ROT and negate it with '-' to get the opposite, I get -ROT.
> If I have ROT and double it for the '2---' words, I get 2ROT.  But,
> which has priority?  If I apply the negation '-' to 2ROT to get the
> opposite, I get -2ROT.  If on the other hand, I apply the '2' for
> '2---' words to -ROT to double it, I get 2-ROT.  Both of these are
> functionally the same but now have different names.  Which of either
> -2ROT or 2-ROT is the more common naming? Which is the more elegant
> naming? Which makes more sense?
>
> DUP DROP SWAP OVER ROT -ROT
> 2DUP 2DROP 2SWAP 2OVER 2ROT -2ROT
> 2DUP 2DROP 2SWAP 2OVER 2ROT 2-ROT
>
>
> Rod Pemberton

I use 2VARIABLE

> -
> All it takes for humanity to conquer the world's toughest problems
> is to hope, to believe, to share, and to do, in cooperation.

At root of the 'world's toughest problems' is fear which is instinctual
and gives rise to competiveness.  Good luck conquering that.

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Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem> - 2017-05-13 18:00 -0400
  Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-05-13 15:19 -0700
  Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-05-13 13:21 -1000
  Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-14 11:23 +1000
  Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 00:34 -0700
    Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-15 10:12 +1000
    Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 23:43 -0400
      Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-15 13:47 +1000
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "Rudy Velthuis" <newsgroups@rvelthuis.de> - 2017-05-15 09:51 +0000
      Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-14 21:42 -0700
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 22:17 -0700
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem> - 2017-05-15 17:57 -0400
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 15:49 -0700
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 02:16 -0400
              Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-05-16 19:54 -0700
                Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-05-17 08:11 +0200
                Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-05-17 11:09 +0000
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-05-16 03:53 -0500
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 01:21 -0400
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-05-15 00:30 -0500
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 22:40 -0700
              Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 02:06 -0700
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-05-15 22:45 -0700
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-05-15 09:05 +0200
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 02:11 -0700
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "Rudy Velthuis" <newsgroups@rvelthuis.de> - 2017-05-15 09:52 +0000
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-05-15 05:48 +0000
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-05-15 05:14 -0500
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-05-15 11:40 +0000
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2017-05-15 02:03 -0700
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2017-05-15 21:24 +0200
        Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-16 09:57 +1000
          Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-05-16 08:09 +0200
            Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-17 00:54 +1000

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