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Re: A use for quotations

From "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: A use for quotations
Date 2016-08-27 12:24 +1000
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Gerry Jackson wrote:
> On 24/08/2016 13:20, HAA wrote:
> > ...
> > I'm not complaining.  I'm pointing out the absurdity of namelessness.
>
> Whether it's absurd or not depends on the context, for example if using
> the original mini-oof and two classes inherit from a base class with a
> method called foo it is not absurd to give :NONAME definitions a name e.g.
>
> :noname ... ; class1 defines foo
> :noname ... ; class2 defines foo
>
> class1 new constant obj1
> class2 new constant obj2
>
> obj1 foo   \ executes the first :noname
> obj2 foo   \ executes the second :noname
>
> Just one example.
>
> > If I have to give something a temporary name, or put it into a temporary
> > named definition, or engage in any extra work to get around the fact that
> > something hasn't got a name, then perhaps it's trying to tell me something.
> >
>
> It's telling you that *you* yourself can't test unnamed definitions and
> I think you are in a small minority there. Have you actually tried or
> are you just prejudiced?

I stand by my statement *AS I SAID IT*.  I won't defend unnamed
definitions at any cost.  If that means being misrepresented and
accused of incompetence or prejudice, so be it.

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  Re: A use for quotations Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2016-08-14 19:44 +0000
    Re: A use for quotations Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-08-14 22:57 +0100
  Re: A use for quotations hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-08-14 14:05 -0700
    Re: A use for quotations Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-08-14 16:16 -0500
  Re: A use for quotations "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-08-17 11:29 +1000
    Re: A use for quotations Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-08-17 10:06 +0100
      Re: A use for quotations "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-08-18 12:18 +1000
        Re: A use for quotations Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-08-19 16:07 +0100
          Re: A use for quotations "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-08-19 09:35 -1000
            Re: A use for quotations Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-08-19 23:03 +0100
          Re: A use for quotations "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-08-20 13:19 +1000
            Re: A use for quotations Coos Haak <htrofhc@gmail.com> - 2016-08-20 14:55 +0200
              Re: A use for quotations anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-08-20 15:38 +0000
              Re: A use for quotations "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-08-22 14:58 +1000
                Re: A use for quotations Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-08-22 04:18 -0700
                Re: A use for quotations Coos Haak <htrofhc@gmail.com> - 2016-08-22 15:13 +0200
                Re: A use for quotations "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-08-24 22:20 +1000
                Re: A use for quotations hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-08-24 09:44 -0700
                Re: A use for quotations Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-08-25 10:09 +0100
                Re: A use for quotations "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-08-27 12:24 +1000
  Re: A use for quotations humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2016-08-17 00:55 -0700
    Re: A use for quotations hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-08-17 02:19 -0700
      Re: A use for quotations humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2016-08-17 07:49 -0700
        Re: A use for quotations humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2016-08-17 08:18 -0700
    Re: A use for quotations Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-08-17 10:30 +0100
      Re: A use for quotations Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-08-17 10:34 +0100
        Re: A use for quotations humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2016-08-17 07:43 -0700
      Re: A use for quotations anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-08-18 07:35 +0000

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