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Subject: Re: Back & Forth - Co-routines
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 09:20:16 +0000
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On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 12:26:26 +0000, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:
> Remark that is doesn't introduce any unfamiliar syntax,
> only does away with "Forth shall not nested definitions"
> (Says who?)

Given that a Forth system supports quotations and xt-locals,
nested definitions are easy to implement. BTW xt-locals exist
f.ex. in gforth. They hold xt's and when called execute the xt
instead of pushing it to the stack as normal locals would do.