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From: "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm>
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Subject: Re: Forth16e, Forth32e, "de facto" forth programming standards for embedded
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 02:01:18 -0400
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:28:32 -0400, BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> wrote:
> On Saturday, July 19, 2014 9:36:25 PM UTC-4, Rod Pemberton wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2014 19:36:18 -0400, <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> > In my language, locals produce an address that can then be accessed  
>> with
>> > @ and ! like any variable (I don't support TO at all).
>
>> Uh...  How is that any different from just using a variable?
>
> The space is allocated on call and emptied on return. In common
> language, Hugh is saying that his language implements local variables
> rather than either local values or both. That's pretty much implied by
> "I don't support TO at all", since no TO, no values; no values, no
> local values.

So, he's reinventing C in Forth, which is something he hostilely
decries when Anton does it ...  or when others reject his non-C
compatible memory allocator.  Maybe, he should learn C first so
he doesn't actually recreate C in Forth.  At least Anton is aware
of what he's doing.


Rod Pemberton