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Current Standing: Interpret S\"

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Poll Standings
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Systems
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[ ] conforms to ANS Forth.
     iForth
     VFX Forth (Win/OSX/Linux)
     Forth 7 cross compilers
[ ] already implements the proposal in full since release [ ].
     iForth
     VFX Forth (Win/OSX/Linux)
[ ] implements the proposal in full in a development version.
[ ] will implement the proposal in full in release [ ].
[ ] will implement the proposal in full in some future release.
     Forth 7 cross compilers
[ ] There are no plans to implement the proposal in full in [ ].
[ ] will never implement the proposal in full.

Programmers
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[ ] I have used (parts of) this proposal in my programs.
     Marcel Hendrix
     Mitch Bradley
     Gerry Jackson
[ ] I would use (parts of) this proposal in my programs if the systems
     I am interested in implemented it.
     Mitch Bradley
     Gerry Jackson
[ ] I would use (parts of) this proposal in my programs if this proposal
     was in the Forth standard.
     Mitch Bradley
     Gerry Jackson
[ ] I would not use (parts of) this proposal in my programs.


Informal Results
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Mitch Bradley
     I maintain an open source CForth system and the Forth kernel
     underlying Open Firmware.  Both conform to ANS Forth.

     I do not currently implement S\" as specified, but I do have
     a similar mechanism - something like 15 years old - for handling
     escaped strings, and it does work in both interpret and compile
     state.

     So, if I ever switch over to S\", it will definitely work in
     interpret state, hence I support the proposal.

     In my experience supporting programmers who are trying to use
     Forth, differences between compilation and interpretation syntax
     are a major source of problems, especially among novices (and
     novices are especially important because any roadblocks they face
     decreases the chance that they will stick with Forth).  So I am
     in favor of making interpretation and compilation as similar as
     possible.



Voting Instructions
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You can still vote by sending me your vote by email, and the result
will be published on the Web.  The proposal, the voting instructions,
and the results are available at
<http://www.forth200x.org/s-escape-quote.html>

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CfV: Interpret S\" "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk> - 2014-03-31 18:06 +0100
  Current Standing: Interpret S\" "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk> - 2014-04-16 23:24 +0100

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