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From: dxf <dxforth@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "The Best Programming Language for the End of the World"
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 12:40:25 +1000
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On 5/04/2025 5:16 pm, Paul Rubin wrote:
> dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> writes:
>> : FOPEN  ( a n fam -- )  open-file  s" open"  ferr  cf ! ;
> 
> I'm used to functions like this returning file handles instead of
> storing into a global var, so you can have more than one file active at
> the same time.

The code is from an installer app that goes back to the earliest days
of DX-Forth.  I never had reason to extend its file handling.

BTW 99% of apps I write still only require one input and one output
file, in which case only two handles are needed.  I have a library for
that which allows more handles to be created if need be.