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Re: ANS Forth test programs

From "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
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Subject Re: ANS Forth test programs
Date 2014-08-08 10:34 -0400
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"Alex McDonald"  wrote in message news:ls1qmv$n90$1@dont-email.me...
> ((..omitted..))
> I wonder. I see someone struggling here with concepts that
> most other people don't seem to have an issue with. Just to
> take one, your point (2) above has necessitated "hold[ing] my
> working data in local variables rather than on the parameter
> stack". Why?

I like Forth a lot.  But I've never quite been able to cross the boundary to 
being good at it.  And I think this is one of the things that blocks me. 
I've programmed in a lot of other languages, for a long time, and the habits 
of how you think about data can be very binding.  I handle Forth data 
manipulation better when I use my assembler mind set, which is more stack 
oriented, than my C/Basic/Pascal/what-have-you mind set.  But that doesn't 
help much, and probably even hurts, when dealing with Forth in general.

    - Bill

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ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-03 23:34 +0100
  Re: ANS Forth test programs mhx@iae.nl - 2014-08-03 22:33 -0700
    Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-04 08:47 +0100
      Re: ANS Forth test programs "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-08-04 05:10 -0400
        Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-05 17:33 +0100
      Re: ANS Forth test programs stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-08-21 16:01 +0000
        Re: ANS Forth test programs anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-08-21 16:20 +0000
          Re: ANS Forth test programs stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-08-21 21:47 +0000
            Re: ANS Forth test programs anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-08-22 12:33 +0000
          Re: ANS Forth test programs albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-08-22 19:23 +0000
        Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-22 12:28 +0100
          Re: ANS Forth test programs "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-08-22 13:35 +0100
            Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-22 17:11 +0100
          Re: ANS Forth test programs anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-08-22 12:47 +0000
    Re: ANS Forth test programs Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-08-04 14:26 +0200
      Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-05 17:35 +0100
        Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-05 20:06 -0700
          Re: ANS Forth test programs "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-08-06 16:43 -0400
          Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-07 10:23 +0100
            Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-07 18:29 -0700
              Re: ANS Forth test programs "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-08-07 23:28 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-08-08 04:25 -0500
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 08:08 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-08-08 10:49 -0500
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-08 19:54 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-08-08 16:27 +0000
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 10:47 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-08-08 22:34 +0200
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 21:06 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-08 23:59 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-08-09 01:35 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-08-09 04:41 -0500
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-09 17:53 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-08-10 03:25 -0500
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 03:19 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Mikael Nordman <oh2aun@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 05:28 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 22:43 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-08-13 09:46 +0000
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-13 21:17 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-08-14 10:24 +0000
                Re: ANS Forth test programs "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-08-14 12:10 +0100
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-08-14 06:02 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-08-14 23:48 +0000
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-14 20:06 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-08-15 09:13 +0000
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-15 21:07 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-08-16 02:22 -0500
                Re: ANS Forth test programs "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-08-16 04:43 -0400
                Re: ANS Forth test programs stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-08-16 20:37 +0000
                Re: ANS Forth test programs BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2014-08-12 16:55 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 22:47 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-08-13 10:43 +0100
                Re: ANS Forth test programs bruce.mcfarling@gmail.com - 2014-08-16 10:02 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-08-09 11:09 +0000
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2014-08-09 13:34 +0200
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-08-09 21:45 +0200
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-08 13:39 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-08-10 03:21 +0100
                Re: ANS Forth test programs "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> - 2014-08-08 10:34 -0400
              Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-08 10:18 +0100
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-08 12:48 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-08 21:46 +0100
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-08 14:14 -0700
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-08 23:06 +0100
                Re: ANS Forth test programs Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-08-09 00:40 +0200
                Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-08 18:17 -0700
  Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-06 14:50 -0700
    Re: ANS Forth test programs Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2014-08-07 10:12 +0100
      Re: ANS Forth test programs hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-08-07 16:07 -0700
  Re: ANS Forth test programs francois.ganza@wanadoo.fr - 2014-08-08 13:40 -0700

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