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From: Gerry Jackson <do-not-use@swldwa.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: QUIT and ABORT
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 07:33:28 +0100
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On 24/05/2025 16:12, Anton Ertl wrote:
> There is a test suite (maintained by Gerry Jackson) that tests a
> system for standards conformance, but as Dijkstra said, tests can only
> prove the presence of bugs, not their absence.

I lack the time and interest to carry on maintaining the test suite and, 
as I reported to the Forth 200X committee last September, would like to 
pass it on to someone else. As the committee has failed to identify 
anybody are there any voluteers? I presume it would need committee approval.

Funnily enough it seems to be the most popular Forth software I've ever 
written, currrently 76 stars and 16 forks. There must be a lot of Forths 
out there!

-- 
Gerry