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From: Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: "The Best Programming Language for the End of the World"
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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.