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| From | "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: Shadow blocks - "What is old is new again" ;/ |
| Date | 2017-06-13 19:39 +1000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <ohobrg$1j6v$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <lPidnXRbTbwOB6DEnZ2dnUU7-SfNnZ2d@supernews.com><8760g14px9.fsf@nightsong.com> <ohnhes$ce4$1@gioia.aioe.org><05d06c5a-5944-4871-92cb-6d064e31ac4f@googlegroups.com> <ohnkq7$hfn$1@dont-email.me> |
Cecil Bayona wrote:
> ...
> > On Monday, June 12, 2017 at 7:08:33 PM UTC-7, HAA wrote:
> ...
> >> Last I heard Chuck still favored 1K screens as being the optimum size chunk
> >> of source to manage at one time. There is something about that.
> >
>
> It could be a vision issue as I read he has eye problems, large
> character for easy read.
The reference was to this statement:
C.M. "My Forth has always utilized 1KB blocks of code. This is a
quantum that is comprehensible and can be seen on a monitor.
I can't think of code I'd call beautiful that was larger than this."
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