Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: uninitialized and implicitly initialized locals Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 01:45:24 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <8tydnedGaJWeIdHJnZ2dnUU7-SWdnZ2d@supernews.com> <89719209938433@frunobulax.edu> <104927e2-6a9a-4367-893f-3a66190f114d@googlegroups.com> <39623bd1-d499-41cb-9292-77801a81099e@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: CNsg4fVcCsvs3UaOgZtQCw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; 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:34202 On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:30:11 -0400, wrote: > On Sunday, October 26, 2014 3:53:10 PM UTC-7, Andrew Haley wrote: >> Your ALLOCATION RfD died because most people thought that it did not >> provide any new capability (because an application can provide the >> functionality trivially if it needs it) and that in some systems >> ALLOCATION would have a significant overhead. > > I implemented ALLOCATION in the novice package. Hugh, it's clear that you believe you are rational. So, at this point, it should be logical to you that you only have a few choices: 1) build momentum for it here and elsewhere by demonstrating it's usefulness in code you post 2) forget about it in it's entirety 3) continue to use it in your code but stop pushing it onto others 4) continue to use it in your code, continue whining, and continue pushing I'd like to move you away from choice #4 and onto #1, #2, or #3. I've mentioned this before, perhaps stated differently. Rod Pemberton