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Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history

From anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history
Date 2014-01-28 09:25 +0000
Organization Institut fuer Computersprachen, Technische Universitaet Wien
Message-ID <2014Jan28.102553@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> (permalink)
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Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> writes:
>Anton Ertl wrote:
>> Anyway, back to ['] RECURSE and friends: a RECURSE that always is a
>> named reference to the latest word is a cute trick, but is so unusual
>> and unlike the way the usual Forth words work that I wonder if it is a
>> good idea or a bad one (it would not be the first cute trick in the
>> Forth world that turned out to be a bad idea).  I guess we will see.
>
>Having SYNONYM in the standard means that named references to something else 
>isn't unusual, it's a necessary feature.

Yes, but a word that is changed whenever some word is defined is
unusual.

Ok, the value LASTXT returns changes whenever a word is defined, so we
have something like that already.  But that's the only purpose of
LASTXT, so that's not really surprising.  For RECURSE the original
purpose is just to compile a reference to the last defined word, not
to be a synonym for the last defined word, so for RECURSE it's
surprising, at least for me.  Maybe we will find productive uses for
this new, extended RECURSE, and hopefully there are no pitfalls that
we find only afterwards.

- anton
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quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-19 13:15 -0500
  Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-01-19 20:07 +0000
    Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-19 21:45 +0000
  Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-01-19 22:02 +0100
  Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-01-19 17:24 -0600
    Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-19 14:54 -1000
      Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-19 22:37 -0500
        Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-19 18:01 -1000
          Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-20 00:27 -0500
            Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-19 20:54 -1000
              Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-19 21:19 -1000
              Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-20 16:14 -0500
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-20 12:07 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-21 11:37 -0500
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-01-21 17:41 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-21 08:30 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history oh2aun@gmail.com - 2014-01-21 11:17 -0800
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-21 09:44 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-21 15:18 -0500
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-21 12:07 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-21 22:04 -0500
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-21 19:21 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-22 13:38 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-22 08:50 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-23 17:17 -0500
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-23 13:46 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-01-24 15:07 +0100
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-25 15:18 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-01-25 20:18 +0100
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-01-25 20:44 +0100
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-01-25 21:41 +0100
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-01-25 22:47 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-01-26 01:54 +0100
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-27 16:49 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-27 15:40 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-01-27 23:00 +0100
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-27 19:43 -0500
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-28 09:25 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-01-28 19:45 +0100
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-30 15:32 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-01-28 14:20 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-25 15:28 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-01-25 13:51 -0600
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-27 15:34 +0000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2014-01-24 08:11 +0100
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-24 01:28 -0800
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-24 05:00 -0500
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-24 09:32 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-24 17:48 -0500
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-24 13:14 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-24 16:16 -0800
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-02-23 12:13 -0500
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-22 13:32 +0000
            Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-20 04:14 -0800
              Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-01-20 06:31 -0600
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2014-01-20 08:04 -1000
                Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-01-21 14:09 +0000
              Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2014-01-20 16:14 -0500
  Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history trebor.english@gmail.com - 2014-01-22 17:44 -0800
  Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history trebor.english@gmail.com - 2014-01-22 18:24 -0800
    Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-01-23 14:00 +0000
      Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history trebor.english@gmail.com - 2014-01-23 11:06 -0800
        Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-23 11:33 -0800
          Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history trebor.english@gmail.com - 2014-01-23 11:42 -0800
        Re: quick review of <BUILDS and CREATE history Mikael Nordman <oh2aun@gmail.com> - 2014-01-23 11:51 -0800

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