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From: dxf <dxforth@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Why dial-a-standard is not a thing in Forth
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:01:58 +1000
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On 23/04/2025 8:21 pm, mhx wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 0:50:13 +0000, dxf wrote:
> 
>> On 22/04/2025 12:19 am, sjack wrote:
>>> dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> wrote:
> [..]
>> 16 base !  10 cvd decimal . 10  ok
>> 2  base !  10 cvd decimal . 10  ok
>> 36 base ! -10 cvd decimal . -10  ok
> 
> Why not store the number as text in this case?

Where, when?

> What is the advantage? As a user I still need
> to know the BASE (unless it is assumed to be
> always 10).

The context of the routine was that the user had already input a
number (i.e. it's on the stack) in a base possibly different from
decimal but needed the number interpreted as if it were decimal.

There are certainly limitations e.g. if I'm in hex and using a 16-bit
forth the maximum digits I can enter is 4.  If I'm in octal I can't
enter '8' or '9'.