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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Editing "Forth" (PostScript).
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 22:50:50 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:44:54 -0700 (Seattle), Relf wrote:

> Now you're editing "Forth" (PostScript).

PostScript is somewhat different from Forth. I like to illustrate the 
difference this say: compare

    YOU FORTH LOVE IF HONK THEN

versus

    you postscript love {honk} if

In Forth, you have a distinction between “compile time” and “run time”. In 
PostScript, hardly anything happens at “compile time”. Note how control 
constructs (conditionals, looping) are not specially handled at “compile 
time”; they are just built-in functions.