Re: Another recognizer discussion

From	stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc)
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Another recognizer discussion
Date	2017-06-11 11:14 +0000
Organization	MPE
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On Sat, 10 Jun 2017 15:49:07 GMT, anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at
(Anton Ertl) wrote:

>stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) writes:
>>On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:21:43 GMT, anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at
>>(Anton Ertl) wrote:
>>
>>>>Having two results from FIND disenfranchises simple techniques in
>>>>Forth that have been available for a very long time. Multiple results
>>>>from FIND is a mistake that leads to complexity.
>>>
>>>It's what the standard (ANS and 2012) specifies, so if you want to
>>>write a standard program, you have to deal with that.
>>
>>IMHO the standard is just wrong.
>
>A few postings upthread you praised the ANS XT.  Hmm.

From the tex above, it should be clear that I think that the
standard is wrong to have a state-smart FIND.

>>We should get rid of the state
>>smart results from FIND.
>
>Maybe.  What are you willing to sacrifice for this?  There are a few
>options:
>
>1) Also get rid of words like S".
>
>2) Keep S", but either ambiguify the corner cases (as was done in TO)
>in order to allow STATE-smart implementation of S".  Or outright
>specify S", TO, etc. in a STATE-smart way.
>
>3) Forget about writing user-defined text interpreters with FIND.
>Well, you cannot do that in Forth-94 or Forth-2012, but it is common
>practice, and both standards committees probably intended to support
>this.

S" TO and friends have Non-Default Compilation Semantics. We just need
to introduce words for setting and determining this condition. At the
same time we should do the same for immediate words.

Stephen

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Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-05-29 20:47 +0100
  Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-05-29 20:57 +0100
    Re: Another recognizer discussion peter.m.falth@gmail.com - 2017-05-29 13:18 -0700
      Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-05-29 22:47 +0100
      Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-05-30 07:43 +0000
    Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-05-30 07:30 +0000
    Re: Another recognizer discussion albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2017-05-30 09:53 +0200
    Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-05-30 22:02 +0100
      Re: Another recognizer discussion peter.m.falth@gmail.com - 2017-05-31 01:27 -0700
        Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-05-31 15:12 +0100
      Re: Another recognizer discussion minforth@arcor.de - 2017-05-31 03:43 -0700
        Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-05-31 15:03 +0100
        Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-05-31 16:46 +0000
      Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-05-31 11:28 +0000
        Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-05-31 12:17 +0000
        Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-05-31 15:10 +0100
          Re: Another recognizer discussion mhx@iae.nl - 2017-05-31 11:01 -0700
          Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-05-31 22:55 +0000
            Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-01 05:50 +0000
              Re: Another recognizer discussion minforth@arcor.de - 2017-05-31 23:57 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-01 09:08 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion minforth@arcor.de - 2017-06-01 03:33 -0700
              Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-01 09:05 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-06-01 15:05 +0100
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-06-01 10:05 -0500
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-06-01 16:32 +0100
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2017-06-01 09:31 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-06-01 19:00 +0100
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-04 22:56 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-06-05 14:41 +0100
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-06-02 03:07 -0500
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-10 16:28 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-06-11 02:14 -0500
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-11 10:55 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-06-12 03:22 -0500
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-13 15:21 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-06-14 04:10 -0500
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-15 10:43 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-06-15 09:11 -0500
                Re: Another recognizer discussion minforth@arcor.de - 2017-06-14 02:55 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-14 10:19 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion minforth@arcor.de - 2017-06-14 05:44 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-14 14:27 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion minforth@arcor.de - 2017-06-14 08:06 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-14 16:36 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2017-06-15 09:48 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-15 17:18 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-06-15 18:50 +0100
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-15 19:22 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion minforth@arcor.de - 2017-06-15 13:09 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2017-06-15 13:43 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-06-15 22:55 +0200
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-06-15 22:20 +0100
                pre-Rfd for smart word definition mechanism (was: Another ...) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-16 17:04 +0000
                Re: pre-Rfd for smart word definition mechanism (was: Another ...) stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-16 21:58 +0000
                Re: pre-Rfd for smart word definition mechanism (was: Another ...) JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2017-06-17 00:26 -0700
                Re: pre-Rfd for smart word definition mechanism (was: Another ...) minforth@arcor.de - 2017-06-17 01:18 -0700
                Re: pre-Rfd for smart word definition mechanism (was: Another ...) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-17 15:24 +0000
                Re: pre-Rfd for smart word definition mechanism (was: Another ...) JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2017-06-17 12:29 -0700
                Re: pre-Rfd for smart word definition mechanism (was: Another ...) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-18 12:29 +0000
                Re: pre-Rfd for smart word definition mechanism (was: Another ...) albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2017-06-18 16:47 +0200
                Re: pre-Rfd for smart word definition mechanism (was: Another ...) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-17 10:20 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2017-06-15 13:01 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-16 16:55 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-16 17:40 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-16 16:47 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2017-06-15 10:34 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-17 17:35 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion peter.m.falth@gmail.com - 2017-06-17 15:24 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-18 12:00 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-16 12:29 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-16 07:35 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-11 10:39 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-06-11 07:19 -0500
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-13 14:04 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-14 12:50 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-15 16:19 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-02 07:59 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-06-02 11:48 +0200
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-02 10:24 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-06-02 13:04 +0200
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-02 13:30 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-06-02 16:36 +0200
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-02 15:51 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2017-06-02 21:09 +0200
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-01 15:55 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-01 14:21 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-04 23:07 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-10 15:49 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-06-11 11:14 +0000
                Re: Another recognizer discussion minforth@arcor.de - 2017-06-11 08:24 -0700
                Re: Another recognizer discussion anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-06-13 15:07 +0000
            Re: Another recognizer discussion Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-06-01 12:11 +0100
  Re: Another recognizer discussion Matthias Trute <matthias.trute@gmail.com> - 2017-05-30 11:03 -0700

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