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Re: \s

From "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: \s
Date 2015-06-05 21:42 +1000
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Coos Haak wrote:
> Op Wed, 3 Jun 2015 15:10:12 +1000 schreef HAA:
>
> > Coos Haak wrote:
> >> ...
> >> I have
> >>: \S  stop on source nip >in ! ; immediate
> >>
> >> Where stop is a variable that is cleared by the include-file loop and
> >> tested after interpreting the line. Include-file closes the file as normal
> >> and finishes normally. This way senseless refills are not necessary,
> >> especially in the time computers ran in the MHz range.
> >
> > "senseless refills" occur all the time.  Consider the number of comment
> > lines in a typical forth source.  Time spent reading and discarding these
> > will far outweigh anything saved by a 'smart' but occasional \S.
> >
> > I assume you use STOP for things other than \S.  In that case your
> > implementation appears to be both short and appropriate.
>
> No, I use STOP only in INCLUDE-FILE. Can you think of other use?

Never considered it because senseless REFILLs worked fine for me

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  Re: \s Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-05-30 20:32 +0100
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  Re: \s Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-05-30 22:42 +0200
  Re: \s Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-05-30 22:40 +0200
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    Re: \s "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-06-03 15:10 +1000
      Re: \s Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-06-03 13:58 +0200
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  Re: \s albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-05-31 14:46 +0000
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  Re: \s Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-05-31 21:04 +0100
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      Re: \s "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-06-01 13:44 +1000
        Re: \s Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-06-01 12:17 +0200
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            Re: \s Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-06-03 16:39 +0200
              Re: \s "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-06-05 21:36 +1000
                Re: \s Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-06-05 13:54 +0200
                Re: \s "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-06-13 16:20 +1000
                Re: \s coos <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-06-13 21:34 +0200
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                Re: \s coos <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-06-14 17:00 +0200
            Re: \s Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 05:13 -0700
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                Re: \s Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 10:28 -0700
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