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Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth

From Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid>
Subject Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
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Date 2017-01-10 04:17 -0600

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Elizabeth D. Rather <erather@forth.com> wrote:
> On 1/9/17 3:35 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:
> 
>> I don't personally care much about using Forth commercially or about
>> writing portable Forth code, but I still see ANS useful as a basis of
>> common understanding.  If I code something in gforth with the intention
>> of porting it to smaller Forth on an MCU, it's easier if the MCU Forth
>> at least somewhat resembles ANS even if some aspects differ.
> 
> Yes, that remains a major advantage.

Indeed.  Otherwise, without specifying the specific Forth being used,
we wouldn't even agree what OR means.

Andrew.

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Just saw this - Description of Forth Steve Graham <solitary.wanderer52@gmail.com> - 2017-01-05 09:11 -0800
  Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth november.nihal@gmail.com - 2017-01-05 12:52 -0800
  Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-01-07 12:08 +1100
    Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-01-06 18:09 -0800
      Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-01-08 11:47 +1100
        Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-01-07 17:59 -0800
        Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-01-07 18:23 -0800
        Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-01-07 18:51 -1000
          Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-01-08 17:02 -0800
          Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-01-10 10:38 +1100
            Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-09 17:35 -0800
              Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-01-09 18:32 -1000
                Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-01-10 04:17 -0600
                Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-01-10 13:41 +0000
                Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-01-10 08:05 -0600
            Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-01-10 13:50 +0000
        Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-01-08 08:58 +0000
    Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-01-06 18:58 -0800
      Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth november.nihal@gmail.com - 2017-01-08 14:30 -0800
        Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-08 21:15 -0800
    Re: Just saw this - Description of Forth november.nihal@gmail.com - 2017-01-08 14:24 -0800

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