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From: dxf <dxforth@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: FP number syntax
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 14:35:13 +1100
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On 3/01/2025 1:07 am, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:
> ... 
> Chuck Moore, as soon as 32 bits computers came on the scene,
> proposed to ditch double numbers altogether.
> I have made an educative forth (yourforth)  similar to jonesforth.
> There I could avoid the complication of double numbers.
> 
> P.S. I like double precision 64 bit numbers, but I like number theory.

Well, I consider mixed-math to be genius :)  Was it a Forth first -
or it pre-existed in some language/system?