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From: dxf <dxforth@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: THROW codes and ambiguous conditions
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 12:03:00 +1000
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On 3/06/2025 4:04 pm, mhx wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 3:23:03 +0000, dxf wrote:
> [..]
>> In the early days of microcomputing memory was severely limited and
>> error codes were used to save space.  But how much need today and
>> what's wrong with ABORT"?
>> I don't use forth for scripting which might require sending codes and
>> can't think of an app where I've used codes.  Is the ANS list of
>> error codes aimed at special needs?  Because FWIW I'm not feeling any.
> 
> Maybe (targetting [embedded] apps for) users that don't speak English?

True.  OTOH multilingual apps present a bigger problem than error msgs.
I recall my telecom days when the bulk of the equipment was Siemens and
technical manuals needed to be in English.  The scale was such it would
have required a sizeable department just for that.