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Re: VFX error?

From anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: VFX error?
Date 2014-10-10 10:36 +0000
Organization Institut fuer Computersprachen, Technische Universitaet Wien
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francois.ganza@wanadoo.fr writes:
>Why don't use an extension char for BASE ?
>
>like "b", "o", "d" and  "h"

b and d are valid hex digits, and h and o are valid digits for higher
bases.  After decimal 18 base !, the meaning of the following code
would be unclear:

>: UPC_LINE0 ( --- )
>  160 0 DO
>    B800h I LC@
>    DUP 96 > IF 32 - THEN
>    B800h I LC!
>   LOOP ;
>

- anton
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VFX error? jzakiya@gmail.com - 2014-10-09 21:47 -0700
  Re: VFX error? Michael Barry <barrym95838@yahoo.com> - 2014-10-09 22:08 -0700
  Re: VFX error? Bruno Gauthier <bgauthier@free.fr> - 2014-10-10 07:17 +0200
  Re: VFX error? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-10-10 07:33 +0000
    Re: VFX error? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-10 10:10 +0000
      Re: VFX error? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-10-10 10:39 +0000
    Re: VFX error? "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-10-17 22:04 -0400
  Re: VFX error? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-10-10 03:06 -0500
  Re: VFX error? francois.ganza@wanadoo.fr - 2014-10-10 01:47 -0700
    Re: VFX error? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-10-10 10:36 +0000
    Re: VFX error? stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-10-10 13:34 +0000
      Re: VFX error? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-10 15:09 +0000
  Re: VFX error? stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-10-10 13:26 +0000
    Re: VFX error? jzakiya@gmail.com - 2014-10-10 12:41 -0700
    Re: VFX error? "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-10-17 22:09 -0400
    Re: VFX error? Just Ian <superian@gmail.com> - 2014-10-22 08:25 -0700
      Re: VFX error? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-10-22 21:14 +0200
      Re: VFX error? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-10-22 20:40 +0000
      Re: VFX error? hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-10-22 20:14 -0700
  Re: VFX error? francois.ganza@wanadoo.fr - 2014-10-11 15:31 -0700
  Re: VFX error? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2014-10-11 21:04 -0700

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