Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: unexpected +LOOP behavior Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 17:34:12 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <80773739-ddd7-4a06-9200-9d7145d0f492@googlegroups.com> <1a315aac-9a17-4645-89f5-5baac403d4b3@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: n4wpt9zq8xR26Ttf9mo2BA.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:39366 On Tue, 26 May 2015 00:13:44 -0400, wrote: > On Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 10:20:17 PM UTC-7, chitselb wrote: >> Full disclosure: I'm implementing this Forth on 1979 hardware >> (Commodore PET 2001-N) so byte squeezing is a necessity and a retro >> feel is okay. I'm blending the various standards together in a way >> that. >> A) makes sense to me >> B) shouldn't surprise another Forth programmer Doesn't that mean fig-Forth? ... > Why did you choose the PET? I suppose, because you had one. > > The Commodore-64 was much more popular --- if you did the C64, you > could find retro enthusiasts who would play with your Forth. It seems he wants a challenge. Perhaps, a VIC-20 would be better? Or, for an even more extreme challenge, perhaps an Altair 8800 or IMSAI 8080? ... Rod Pemberton -- If fewer guns reduced murders, how does one explain Moscow, Chicago, New York, and South Africa?