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From: dxf <dxforth@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ANN: DX-Forth 4.57
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:59:30 +1100
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On 10/12/2024 9:39 pm, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:
> In article <64762224be194b336f89955c52dd77b6ce2334a8@i2pn2.org>,
> dxf  <dxforth@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 9/12/2024 7:28 pm, Hans Bezemer wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Congratulations! It's nice to see such compilers remain maintained and
>> relevant!
>>
>> Thanks.  Not sure about relevant :)  It's nevertheless interesting to
>> see the odd
>> user get some use out of it.  Even more of an eyebrow raiser is when
>> they go along
>> with archaisms such as screens for source.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYvYu5AfSxg
>>
> 
> When I was forced to do line by  line including of source,
> I needed buffers to hold a piece of the files.
> The buffers used for blocks are perfectly suited for this.
> 
> Not to mention that a 16 by 64 block of code is a perfect
> match for Forth, for a multi purpose library.

Personally I love the editing environment screens afford - small,
modular, no information overload.