Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ?

From	"Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ?
Date	2014-07-03 19:58 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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on 03/07/2014 17:31:55,  wrote:
> "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> writes:
>> You either meet the requirements of the standard
>>in this area 100% or 0%; there's no nearly.
> 
> Hmm, I think all Forth systems have some issue or other where the
> system does not behave as the standard prescribes. If nobody notices,
> it may be 0%, but it's still close enough to the standard for all
> practical users.

In this specific case, I disagree. It's sufficently out of alignment on
the standard processing of numbers that it really isn't practical in the
sense that a reasonable user would expect. Imagine the surprise when his
card playing game refuses to pay out on a winning hand. 

\ non numeric parts of card deck
1  constant #ace
11 constant #jack
12 constant #queen
13 constant #king

.. get-card dup #ace > if ...

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Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-07-01 20:24 -0400
  Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-07-01 19:39 -1000
    Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? bruce.mcfarling@gmail.com - 2014-07-02 10:30 -0700
      Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-07-02 08:53 -1000
      Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-07-02 13:47 -0700
        Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2014-07-02 19:45 -0700
          Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-07-03 16:56 +0000
            Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? bruce.mcfarling@gmail.com - 2014-07-03 10:34 -0700
  Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-07-02 01:27 -0700
    Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-07-02 17:11 +0200
      Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-07-02 16:31 +0000
        Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-07-02 20:32 +0200
      Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-07-03 03:01 -0400
        Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-07-02 21:42 -1000
        Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-07-03 16:05 +0000
    Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-07-03 03:00 -0400
  Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-07-02 09:35 +0000
    Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-07-02 06:51 -1000
  Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? chitselb <chitselb@gmail.com> - 2014-07-02 14:30 -0700
    Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-07-03 03:51 -0400
  Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2014-07-03 02:41 -0700
    Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-07-03 11:44 +0100
      Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? Stefan Mauerhofer <smauerhofer@androsoft.ch> - 2014-07-03 06:03 -0700
        Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-07-03 15:16 +0100
          Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-07-03 16:31 +0000
            Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-07-03 19:58 +0100
              Re: Reduce dictionary lookups using LIT ? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-07-03 20:02 +0100

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