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Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't

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On Sat, 21 Sep 2013 08:46:46 -0400, rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/20/2013 11:52 PM, Elizabeth D. Rather wrote:
>> On 9/20/13 4:48 PM, Ed wrote:
>>> Elizabeth D Rather wrote:
...

>> For learners, stack comments are especially helpful, since by having to
>> state them at the beginning of the definition they're led to focus on
>> the stack going in and coming out, and the comment is there to remind
>> them. One of the early simple exercises in Forth Application Techniques
>> involves printing out [n] stars, which many define as:
>>
>> : STARS ( n -- ) 0 DO ." * " LOOP DROP ;
>>
>> The ones who include the stack comment are far less likely to just type
>> STARS without an argument or forget the DROP at the end. But the
>> consequences of forgetting the number are also a good teaching moment.  
>> ;-)
>
> I don't think you are helping your argument.  The DROP at the end of  
> your definition is incorrect.  The input argument is consumed by the DO.

Wow, the troll discusses Forth, gets one correct, and isn't calling
someone else a troll.

What's even more notable is that she (IIRC) pointed out to me, and
either Andrew or Mark, maybe about a year and half ago, that if our
loop control words were coded correctly then they shouldn't need
DROPs or 2DROPs at the end.  Yet, she used a DROP after a loop.


Rod Pemberton

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well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't gavino_himself <visploveslisp@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 22:55 -0700
  Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't gavino_himself <visploveslisp@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 22:58 -0700
  Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't VoidVolker <voidvolker@gmail.com> - 2013-09-18 23:35 -0700
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-19 03:09 -0400
      Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't gavino_himself <visploveslisp@gmail.com> - 2013-09-19 01:11 -0700
        Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-19 04:32 -0400
          Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-09-19 14:15 -1000
            Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-09-21 12:48 +1000
              Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-09-20 17:52 -1000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 08:46 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 10:40 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 10:48 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 18:12 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-09-23 16:59 +0000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-09-21 17:48 +0000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 19:34 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Ed" <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-09-22 11:51 +1000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2013-09-21 21:09 -0700
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@nohavenotit.com> - 2013-09-21 13:09 -0400
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-09-21 08:37 -1000
                Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-09-23 17:26 +0000
          Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 02:19 -0700
      Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-09-19 09:16 +0000
        Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:08 -0700
          Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-21 08:47 -0400
  Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Spam@ControlQ.com - 2013-09-19 11:16 -0400
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:07 -0700
  Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@nohavenotit.com> - 2013-09-20 04:37 -0400
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-09-19 22:45 -1000
      Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-09-20 01:49 -0700
        Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:10 -0700
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 08:19 -0400
      Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:11 -0700
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't the_gavino_himself <visphatesjava@gmail.com> - 2013-09-20 23:09 -0700
    Re: well this code works and I had some guy say it doesn't Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-09-24 07:46 -0700

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