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From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
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Subject: Re: single-xt approach in the standard
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:02:51 GMT
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mhx@iae.nl (mhx) writes:
>On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 8:36:10 +0000, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:
>
>> In article <vcq1e5$25spg$7@dont-email.me>,
>> Ruvim  <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> wrote:
>[..]
>>>   1 constant a
>>>   1 constant b
>>>   ' a ' b = .
....
>Why? 'a' and 'b' are user defined words, '=' is a standard word,
>and 'true' is the expected outcome.

Are you sure?

[~:152648] iforth

FORTH> 1 constant a  ok
FORTH> 1 constant b  ok
FORTH> ' a ' b = . 0  ok

I actually know of no system that outputs -1.

- anton
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