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| From | Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: New to the group |
| Date | 2015-09-30 08:38 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mug3dh$bgg$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <4f5b572c-04ae-433e-bed0-9d7b754bc27b@googlegroups.com> <aaa736c4-0c03-4330-b7c2-271233d3d8f9@googlegroups.com> |
On 30/09/2015 01:15, Chris Curl wrote: > If Hugh's points about portability (or the lack thereof) for ANS compliant Forth systems and packages are accurate and true, then it seems to me that the standard is not worth much. > > People who disagree with Hugh's assessment ... convince me otherwise. But keep it civil please :). > It is perfectly possible to write portable programs in ANS Forth and Forth 2012. You just have to be aware of various aspects of standard Forth that can trip you up such as the compiler leaving control information on the data stack. Such things are usually a legacy of the early days of Forth when machine resources were limited [1]. I don't like many of the restrictions and my system doesn't have most of them but I choose to take account of them as I'd rather my programs are portable. I routinely run my programs on a number of Forths (my system, GForth, VFX, SwiftForth, Win32 Forth, iForth) with few problems. There are standard libraries available e.g. the Forth Foundation Library, the Scientific library (I believe), Hugh's Novice package. To me the question on whether to follow the standard or not is simple to answer, if you want to write software that you want to be used by others, (or post code on c.l.f that will be understood by others) follow the standard. If not, don't, do your own thing, plenty of others do this already - nobody here will worry overmuch one way or the other. Incidentally many of Hugh's assertions and claims are not answered or challenged by the regulars here because experience has shown that responding to Hugh is a waste of time. I suspect that most just ignore him because of his rants about Elizabeth Rather, and people on the Forth 20XX committee that are so frequent and repetitive that they have become boring. This is a pity as technically he has a lot to offer but anything good is buried in the noise. [1] This is ironic because the standard was written with the restrictions so that it could accommodate both small and large systems, but Forths on resource limited processors tend not to obey the standard anyway. -- Gerry
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New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-26 15:17 -0700
Re: New to the group mentificium@gmail.com - 2015-09-26 17:35 -0700
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-26 21:16 -0700
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 07:27 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 14:43 -0400
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 13:05 -0700
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-09-27 12:57 -1000
Re: New to the group Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-27 17:00 -0700
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-27 17:16 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 20:31 -0400
Re: New to the group jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-09-27 18:57 -0700
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-27 19:37 -0700
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 20:53 -0700
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-09-27 19:02 -1000
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-27 23:33 -0700
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 04:51 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 12:39 -0400
Re: New to the group Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2015-09-28 14:29 +0200
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 07:18 -0700
Re: New to the group foxaudioresearch@gmail.com - 2015-09-28 08:07 -0700
Re: New to the group Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2015-09-28 17:23 +0200
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 11:16 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 14:25 -0400
Re: New to the group anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-09-29 09:05 +0000
Re: New to the group Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2015-09-28 20:31 +0200
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 13:20 -0700
Re: New to the group Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2015-09-28 22:52 +0200
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 16:40 -0700
Re: New to the group Alfred Singlestone <vitonis@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 08:41 -0700
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-09-28 11:41 -1000
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-28 21:33 -0700
Re: New to the group jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-09-28 19:13 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 00:51 -0400
Re: New to the group jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-09-29 18:26 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 21:55 -0400
Re: New to the group Jan Coombs <Jan-54 <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com>> - 2015-09-30 08:29 +0100
Re: New to the group jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-09-29 18:52 -0700
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 00:29 -0700
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 04:40 -0700
Re: New to the group Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 05:24 -0700
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 07:33 -0700
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 14:11 -0700
Re: New to the group "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-29 16:46 +0000
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-29 14:15 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 17:34 -0400
Re: New to the group "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-30 00:07 +0000
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 10:54 -0700
Re: New to the group Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-26 22:37 -0700
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 10:51 -0700
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 17:15 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 21:58 -0400
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 22:03 -0700
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-09-29 21:32 -1000
Re: New to the group Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-09-30 09:06 +0100
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-09-30 08:58 -1000
Re: New to the group Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 23:55 -0700
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-09-30 21:28 -1000
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 08:25 -0400
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-10-01 09:33 -0700
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-30 16:21 -0700
Re: New to the group "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-09-30 21:03 -0400
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-09-30 19:34 -1000
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-30 23:47 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 08:31 -0400
Re: New to the group "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-10-02 00:30 -0400
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-10-01 19:22 -1000
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-10-01 23:52 -0700
Re: New to the group Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 01:52 -0700
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-10-02 08:36 -1000
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 17:00 -0400
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 14:46 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 18:10 -0400
Re: New to the group Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-02 16:08 -0700
Re: New to the group "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-10-02 20:44 -0400
Re: New to the group David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2015-10-31 06:54 -0400
Re: New to the group "Rod Pemberton" <too@zxcvfeqad.cdm> - 2015-11-02 02:34 -0500
Re: New to the group David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2015-12-22 06:45 -0500
Re: New to the group "Rod Pemberton" <too@zxcvfeqad.cdm> - 2015-11-02 02:34 -0500
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-10-02 15:16 -1000
Re: New to the group Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-02 18:21 -0700
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-10-02 15:38 -1000
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 22:13 -0400
Re: New to the group Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-10-03 22:24 +0100
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 17:33 -0400
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-09-30 17:00 -0700
Re: New to the group "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-09-30 20:38 -0400
Re: New to the group Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-10-02 14:37 -0400
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 17:01 -0400
Re: New to the group hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-10-02 23:35 -0700
Re: New to the group "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-09-30 18:11 -0400
Re: New to the group Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-10-01 02:13 +0200
Re: New to the group Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-09-30 08:38 +0100
Re: New to the group Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-09-30 10:58 -0400
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 06:04 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 09:46 -0400
Re: New to the group anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-10-08 06:07 +0000
Re: New to the group Alfred Singlestone <vitonis@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 04:04 -0700
Re: New to the group rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 10:29 -0400
Re: New to the group anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-10-09 15:30 +0000
Re: New to the group lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 00:19 -0700
Re: New to the group visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-10-03 17:01 -0700
Re: New to the group anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-10-08 06:38 +0000
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-10-07 21:15 -1000
Minimal wordset (was: New to the group) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-10-08 13:39 +0000
Re: Minimal wordset (was: New to the group) JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2015-10-08 08:13 -0700
Re: Minimal wordset (was: New to the group) Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 00:55 -0700
Re: Minimal wordset Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-10-09 10:43 +0200
Re: Minimal wordset Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 06:56 -0700
Re: Minimal wordset Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-10-09 19:44 +0200
Re: Minimal wordset Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-09 14:02 -0700
Re: Minimal wordset Jan Coombs <Jan-54 <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com>> - 2015-10-10 09:44 +0100
Re: Minimal wordset anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-10-10 11:36 +0000
Re: Minimal wordset lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 08:40 -0700
Re: Minimal wordset Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-10-09 19:53 +0200
Re: Minimal wordset lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 11:22 -0700
Re: Minimal wordset JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2015-10-09 11:33 -0700
Re: Minimal wordset Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-10-09 20:38 +0200
Re: Minimal wordset stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-10-09 20:56 +0000
Re: Minimal wordset rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 20:10 -0500
Re: Minimal wordset Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-11-02 03:05 +0100
Re: Minimal wordset "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-11-01 16:08 -1000
Re: Minimal wordset stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-11-02 09:35 +0000
Re: Minimal wordset anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-02 12:42 +0000
Re: Minimal wordset humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 23:22 -0800
Re: Minimal wordset rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-03 11:25 -0500
Re: Minimal wordset stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-11-03 19:36 +0000
Re: Minimal wordset "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-08 12:56 +1100
Re: Minimal wordset stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-11-08 16:14 +0000
Re: Minimal wordset "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-11-09 11:55 +1100
Re: Minimal wordset anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-02 09:41 +0000
Re: Minimal wordset rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-03 11:29 -0500
Re: Minimal wordset anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-11-03 17:01 +0000
Re: Minimal wordset JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2015-10-09 11:27 -0700
Re: Minimal wordset (was: New to the group) "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-10-09 23:11 -0400
Re: Minimal wordset (was: New to the group) Jan Coombs <Jan-54 <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com>> - 2015-10-10 08:38 +0100
Re: New to the group dunno <dunno@dunno.dunno> - 2015-10-14 23:14 +0000
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-10-14 16:21 -1000
Re: New to the group anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-10-15 08:46 +0000
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:23 -0700
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-10-03 09:19 -1000
Re: New to the group lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 05:24 -0700
Re: New to the group "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-10-08 08:22 -1000
Re: New to the group lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 08:37 -0700
Re: New to the group Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-10-31 10:44 -0700
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