Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update

From	Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update
Date	2015-08-11 21:16 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 08/08/2015 16:53, Anton Ertl wrote:
> Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> writes:
>> On 07/08/2015 22:28, Gerry Jackson wrote:
>>> On 06/08/2015 14:19, Anton Ertl wrote:
>>>> \ 2)
>>>> : [int-[:] ['] [: execute ; immediate \ interpretation semantics
>>>> ] [int-[:] ." hello" ;] [ execute \ should print "hello"
> ....
>> Sorry I meant to add. Apart from trying to prove that a system is
>> non-standard, why, in practice, would anybody write code such as
>> ] foo bar baz [
>> when in interpreter mode outside a colon definition.
>

I should have added 'in a standard program'

> 1) The classical reason would be as a shorthand for
>
> ' foo , ' bar , ' baz ,
>
> but that assumes that the system uses threaded code in the classical
> way.

That's non-standard so irrelevant to my question.

>
> 2) Another use would be if you have state-smart words FOO BAR BAZ and you
> want them to do whatever they do in compile state.
>

I suppose so, but I would think that any such word is likely to compile 
something which, outside a colon definition, couldn't be executed or 
even accessed in a standard program. Therefore only useful if it has 
side effects like displaying a message e.g. for testing or debugging. 
But even that could be done with a simple test colon definition. Is it 
just an outdated relic from the 'old days' when it was used for your use 1?

-- 
Gerry

Thread

RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-04 11:05 +0100
  Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 04:09 -0700
    Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-08-04 13:35 +0200
      Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-04 13:54 +0100
        Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-04 14:01 +0100
    Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-04 13:38 +0100
      Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 07:37 -0700
  Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-04 14:23 +0000
    Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-04 16:09 +0100
      Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-04 15:38 +0000
        Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-04 22:30 +0200
          Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-04 23:09 +0100
            Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-05 01:45 +0200
              Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-05 07:23 +0000
                Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-05 09:55 +0100
          Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-08-05 12:03 +0100
            Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-05 13:50 +0100
              Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-05 16:07 +0000
              Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-08-05 20:23 +0100
  Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-04 22:00 +0200
    Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-04 21:07 +0100
  Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-08-04 21:53 +0100
    Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-04 23:22 +0100
      Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-08-05 12:38 +0100
        Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-05 13:41 +0100
          Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-05 12:46 +0000
            Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-06 02:12 +0200
              Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-06 14:16 +0100
              Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-06 13:46 +0000
    Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-05 08:15 +0000
      Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-08-05 20:31 +0100
        Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update peter.m.falth@gmail.com - 2015-08-05 14:41 -0700
          Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-08-05 18:39 -1000
            Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update peter.m.falth@gmail.com - 2015-08-05 23:22 -0700
        Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-06 13:19 +0000
          Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-08-07 22:28 +0100
            Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-08-07 22:34 +0100
              Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-08 15:53 +0000
                Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-08-11 21:16 +0100
            Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-08 15:39 +0000
              Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-08-10 12:55 +0100
                Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-10 12:08 +0000
  Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-08-04 18:09 -0700
    Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-05 09:22 +0100
    Re: RFD: Quotations V2 update "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-05 09:53 +0100

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