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Re: DurexForth v1.5.0

From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: DurexForth v1.5.0
Date 2016-01-06 00:14 -0800
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"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
> One of the major places where BASE-base input is useful is, of course,
> interpreting source files, where drivers etc. need to specify
> addresses and other parameters in hex. BASE is a Forth-specific
> concept, for some reason, but it is truly wonderful and one of Chuck's
> best ideas. Worth learning.

It seems like troublesome and unnecessary statefulness to me.  Better to
just use prefixes: $123A already works and is perfectly clear and not a
problem to type, so I'd be satisfied with it.  Similarly HEX.  prints a
number in hex, etc.

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DurexForth v1.5.0 Johan Kotlinski <kotlinski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-04 15:08 -0800
  Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-01-04 20:54 -0800
    Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Johan Kotlinski <kotlinski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 00:48 -0800
      Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 04:40 -0500
        Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Johan Kotlinski <kotlinski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 02:53 -0800
          Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 09:19 -0500
            Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 08:44 -0800
              Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 11:53 -0500
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 10:28 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 14:12 -0500
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-05 11:16 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 14:58 -0500
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-05 12:03 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 15:10 -0500
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-05 12:36 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 16:34 -0500
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Johan Kotlinski <kotlinski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 13:42 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-01-05 16:40 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Johan Kotlinski <kotlinski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 18:13 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-01-05 16:27 -1000
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-05 18:59 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 22:47 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-01-05 21:37 -1000
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-06 00:14 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 10:32 +0200
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-06 00:42 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 11:02 +0200
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 01:51 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 12:02 +0200
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Jan Coombs <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com> - 2016-01-06 10:46 +0000
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 12:49 +0200
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 03:12 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-01-06 18:21 +0000
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Johan Kotlinski <kotlinski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 22:57 -0800
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-01-07 08:47 +0000
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2016-01-06 13:39 +0100
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 14:45 +0200
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2016-01-06 12:48 +0000
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2016-01-07 11:09 +0000
                Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-01-06 22:57 -0800
        Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 no.top.post@gmail.com - 2016-01-14 12:45 +0000
  Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-01-05 10:37 +0000
    Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Johan Kotlinski <kotlinski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 03:08 -0800
  Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Matthias Koch <matthias.koch@hot.uni-hannover.de> - 2016-01-06 12:22 +0100
    Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2016-01-06 13:08 +0000
  Re: DurexForth v1.5.0 Rod Pemberton <NoHaveNotOne@bcczxcfre.cmm> - 2016-01-07 03:14 -0500

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