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Re: microFORTH

From "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: microFORTH
Date 2017-05-02 17:05 +1000
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hughaguilar96@gmail.com wrote:
> ...
> Note that I'm not criticizing Charles Moore for having a bug in his MicroForth --- bugs
> happen, and I'm sure he would have fixed it right away if he had noticed it --- he
> presumably did fix it in PolyForth, which was the next Forth system that he wrote.

It turns out it was 'a feature not a bug'.  A confusing one all the same and perhaps
more trouble than worth.  I recall PolyForth using the same (user?) variable for two
mutually exclusive purposes.  That at least was clean and simple.

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microFORTH JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2017-04-25 01:15 -0700
  Re: microFORTH "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-04-26 09:35 +1000
    Re: microFORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-04-25 14:15 -1000
      Re: microFORTH lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2017-04-25 23:09 -0700
      Re: microFORTH "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-01 11:15 +1000
  Re: microFORTH David Schultz <abuse@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-30 15:02 -0500
    Re: microFORTH rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-04-30 21:13 -0400
      Re: microFORTH David Schultz <abuse@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-30 20:24 -0500
        Re: microFORTH rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 21:02 -0400
          Re: microFORTH Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem> - 2017-05-02 05:58 -0400
          Re: microFORTH Coos Haak <htrofhc@gmail.com> - 2017-05-02 15:13 +0200
            Re: microFORTH rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-02 11:44 -0400
              Re: microFORTH David Schultz <abuse@127.0.0.1> - 2017-05-04 16:54 -0500
    Re: microFORTH "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-02 10:36 +1000
      Re: microFORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-05-01 15:20 -1000
        Re: microFORTH "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-02 13:01 +1000
          Re: microFORTH hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-05-01 20:42 -0700
            Re: microFORTH hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-05-01 21:27 -0700
              Re: microFORTH "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-02 17:05 +1000
                Re: microFORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-05-01 21:18 -1000
          Re: microFORTH "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-02 16:45 +1000
          Re: microFORTH JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2017-05-02 00:08 -0700
          Re: microFORTH hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-05-02 11:36 -0700
            Re: microFORTH "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-03 10:43 +1000
              Re: microFORTH hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2017-05-02 19:45 -0700
              Re: microFORTH Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-05-03 04:41 -0500
              Re: microFORTH David Schultz <abuse@127.0.0.1> - 2017-05-04 17:03 -0500
                Re: microFORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-05-04 12:58 -1000
                Re: microFORTH "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2017-05-05 12:57 +1000
        Re: microFORTH David Schultz <abuse@127.0.0.1> - 2017-05-04 16:57 -0500
    Re: microFORTH Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-05-02 04:11 -0500
      Re: microFORTH Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2017-05-02 04:16 -0500
      Re: microFORTH Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2017-05-02 05:25 -0700
        Re: microFORTH "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2017-05-02 10:07 -1000
      Re: microFORTH David Schultz <abuse@127.0.0.1> - 2017-05-04 17:15 -0500

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