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Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention

From rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention
Date 2016-07-03 11:54 -0400
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On 7/3/2016 3:31 AM, ruvim.pinka@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 8:05:48 AM UTC+3, rickman wrote:
>
>>>> Introduce a synonym, UD< , into the Forth 20xx standard for the existing standard word DU< and deprecate the use of DU< .
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm against this variant because to be consistent with this convention you also need to rename:
>>>
>>>   'D0<' into '0D<'
>>>   'D2*' into '2D*'
>>>   'D2/' into '2D/'
>>
>> I don't follow your reasoning at all.  I don't see how the issue of
>> double unsigned which is a type has anything to do with the notation of
>> a double precision zero value used for a comparison.
>
> Short answer: the unified name convention. It doesn't matter what the types at all. The matter is to apply the same rule (the rule how to compose one name from another name) for all the names from double-number words set.

So what is the rule?


>>> See my message in "Double Number Words and Nomenclature" thread.
>
> The mentioned message: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.forth/A3BgYVoamZk/GzAM4bo1BwAJ
>
> Rick, did you have a chance to look at the reasoning in those message?
>
> Please let me know if the reasoning is still unclear — I will try to explain.

Yes, it is unclear.

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Rick C

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RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-02 07:25 -0700
  Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-07-02 10:01 -0500
  Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention ruvim.pinka@gmail.com - 2016-07-02 12:43 -0700
    Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 01:05 -0400
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention ruvim.pinka@gmail.com - 2016-07-03 00:31 -0700
        Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 11:54 -0400
    Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-07-05 00:19 +1000
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-04 07:37 -0700
        Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-07-07 13:01 +1000
          Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-09 08:40 -0700
            Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-07-10 18:23 +1000
              Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-10 08:27 -0700
    Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-07-04 13:59 +1000
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-03 22:42 -0700
    Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-07-03 21:09 -0700
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention ruvim.pinka@gmail.com - 2016-07-10 20:37 -0700
      Re: RfD: Unsigned Double Words Naming Convention ruvim.pinka@gmail.com - 2016-07-10 21:07 -0700

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