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| From | "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Double integer input |
| Date | 2013-02-22 11:00 +1100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <kg6cg1$a3b$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <dddbd9b1-de8c-4e44-ae90-b67572a1bb53@googlegroups.com> |
Rosangela Medeiros da Silva wrote: > I am not a Forth programmer, therefore be patient with me. I was using a Forth that > considered that any string of digits with an internal point represents a double precision > integer. Therefore, I could write code like the following snippet: > > : dollars <# # # [CHAR] . HOLD #S [CHAR] $ HOLD #> TYPE ; > > : % 100 M*/ dollars ; > > 45.60 50 % > $22.80 Ok > > For reasons I cannot fathom, people around me started using sp-forth, that does not accept > the internal point. However, I know that sp-forth has many libraries and extensions. I > wonder whether one of these extensions could handle an internal point. It is really > necessary, because it indicates the scale of the programs I am using. > > By the way, VFX forth accepts internal points: > > 45.67 ok-2 > D. 4567 ok > > The same happens to lina: > 45.67 > OK > D. > 4567 OK Confusing and open to user error, isn't it. 45.6 50 % $2.28 ok 45+60 50 % $22.80 ok
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Double integer input Rosangela Medeiros da Silva <rosangelamesil@gmail.com> - 2013-02-13 18:15 -0800
Re: Double integer input Rosangela Medeiros da Silva <rosangelamesil@gmail.com> - 2013-02-14 02:07 -0800
Re: Double integer input Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2013-02-14 16:18 +0100
Re: Double integer input Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2013-02-14 16:27 +0100
Re: Double integer input "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2013-02-14 20:54 +0100
Re: Double integer input Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2013-02-14 23:20 +0100
Re: Double integer input "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2013-02-22 11:00 +1100
Re: Double integer input "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-02-21 14:24 -1000
Re: Double integer input Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-02-22 01:50 +0100
Re: Double integer input anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-02-22 15:35 +0000
Re: Double integer input Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-02-22 18:15 +0100
Re: Double integer input stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-02-22 19:02 +0000
Re: Double integer input anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-02-23 17:27 +0000
Re: Double integer input Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-02-24 03:42 +0100
Re: Double integer input "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-02-22 09:08 -1000
Re: Double integer input anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-02-23 16:15 +0000
Re: Double integer input stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-02-23 17:35 +0000
Re: Double integer input anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-02-25 15:25 +0000
Re: Double integer input albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-02-23 19:34 +0000
Re: Double integer input "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2013-02-23 18:35 -0500
Re: Double integer input Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-02-23 14:58 -0600
Re: Double integer input Zbiggy <zbigniew2011REMOVE@gmail.REMOVE.com> - 2013-02-23 22:01 +0100
Re: Double integer input albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-02-24 04:03 +0000
Re: Double integer input "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-02-23 18:13 -1000
Re: Double integer input Zbiggy <zbigniew2011REMOVE@gmail.REMOVE.com> - 2013-02-24 12:01 +0100
Re: Double integer input anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-02-25 18:09 +0000
Re: Double integer input rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-02-24 15:01 -0500
Re: Double integer input Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2013-02-25 01:13 +0100
Re: Double integer input Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-02-24 23:44 -0800
Re: Double integer input rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-02-27 07:47 -0500
Re: Double integer input Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-02-24 23:42 -0800
Re: Double integer input Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-02-25 03:57 -0600
Re: Double integer input albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-02-25 14:09 +0000
Re: Double integer input Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-02-25 16:45 +0100
Re: Double integer input Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-02-25 18:26 -0600
Re: Double integer input Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-02-26 02:04 +0100
Re: Double integer input Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-02-26 05:10 -0600
Re: Double integer input Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-02-26 15:31 +0100
Re: Double integer input Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-02-26 10:28 -0600
Re: Double integer input anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-02-25 16:38 +0000
Re: Double integer input rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-02-24 14:54 -0500
Re: Double integer input "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-02-24 11:59 -1000
Re: Double integer input anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-02-25 18:11 +0000
Re: Double integer input rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-02-27 07:58 -0500
Re: Double integer input anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-03-02 17:10 +0000
Re: Double integer input "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2013-02-22 13:22 +1100
Re: Double integer input "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-02-21 16:31 -1000
Re: Double integer input Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-02-22 04:54 -0800
Re: Double integer input "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-02-24 22:05 +0000
Re: Double integer input Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-02-24 15:02 -0800
Re: Double integer input Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2013-02-25 09:22 -0800
Re: Double integer input Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2013-02-25 10:21 -0800
Re: Double integer input Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-02-26 07:47 -0800
Re: Double integer input "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-02-28 06:27 +0000
Re: Double integer input Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-02-23 21:34 -0800
Re: Double integer input "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-02-24 08:16 -1000
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