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Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary?

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Date Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:20:49 -0500
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On Sat, 08 Mar 2014 06:27:26 -0500, Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> ROT and -ROT. As descriptive words they suck. Neither of them describe  
> the direction in which they rotate. Every freaking time I need them I  
> need to look them up. Why can't they be called be LROT and RROT.
>

For x86, I can never remember when, before or after, or which direction,
incremented or decremented, the stack pointer is adjusted for PUSH and POP.
So, I use a mnemonic abbreviation, POPIA - POP Increments After.

-ROT pops the 3rd to the top.  That sort of rhymes...  ROT pushes.


Rod Pemberton

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top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-02-20 16:30 -0500
  Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? AKK <akk@nospam.org> - 2014-02-20 23:56 +0100
    Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-02-21 02:40 +0100
    Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-02-20 21:17 -0800
    Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2014-02-21 13:58 +0000
  Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-02-21 11:04 +0000
  Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 17:10 +0100
    Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-02-22 13:15 -0600
      Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-02-22 21:46 +0000
        Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-02-23 15:42 +0000
      Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-02-23 15:46 +0000
      Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 12:08 -0800
        Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-03-03 20:23 +0000
        Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-03-03 15:58 -0600
          Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-03-04 01:06 +0100
          Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-03-06 18:01 +0000
            Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-03-06 17:59 -0600
              Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-03-07 11:34 +0000
                Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-03-07 06:43 -0600
                Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-03-07 13:07 +0000
                Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-03-07 08:41 -0600
                Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 10:17 -0800
                Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-03-07 13:10 -0600
                Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 11:32 -0800
                Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2014-03-07 14:28 +0100
    Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 22:59 -0800
      Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-03-08 08:33 +0100
      Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-03-07 23:21 -1000
      Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-03-08 04:30 -0600
  top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-03-08 03:27 -0800
    Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-03-08 05:36 -0600
      Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-03-08 15:39 -0800
    Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-03-08 14:02 +0000
    Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-03-08 17:20 -0500
      Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-03-08 12:36 -1000
        Re: top 10 words which should *not* be in a Forth dictionary? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-03-08 18:40 -0500

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