Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:30:17 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 22 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: CNsg4fVcCsvs3UaOgZtQCw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:28625 What would be a top ten list of commonly used Forth words that should NOT be part of a Forth dictionary? (And, why?) There are a variety non-standard Forth words that are commonly used. It's clear many of them should be defined since they're commonly used, but its' also clear some of them shouldn't be. E.g., ANS doesn't define CELL but it's commonly used and easy to define. The question is whether CELL should be defined or not. Are there valid reasons to not define CELL ? E.g., does using CELL encourage people to not use CELLS or CELL+ ? And, does that lead to errors? I'm sure there are other words that should be avoided in Forth too which are commonly implemented. Some of those are obsolete words from old Forth standards and fig-Forth. Recently, there was mention of DRIP DIP NUP TAKE or equivalents, but are thosed common enough to be top 10? Rod Pemberton