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From: albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: VALUE and TO implementation
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In article <66b2e541$1@news.ausics.net>, dxf  <dxforth@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 6/08/2024 2:27 pm, dxf wrote:
>> ...
>> ISTR dual-xt solutions also have problems with 'edge cases'.
>
>Works for state-smart but not dual-xt:
>
>  : ,"  postpone s"  dup c,  here  over allot  swap cmove ;
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>  ," Hello world"
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>Perhaps it's time to consider all 'smart' words 'evil'.
>

Numbers (also denotations, such as strings)  must be smart.
There is no harm because they are constant.
As far as I'm concerned all others can be banned.
Most state-smart words in my Forth are relics from old standards.
I routinely replace
  ."
by
 "..." TYPE

Groetjes Albert
-- 
Don't praise the day before the evening. One swallow doesn't make spring.
You must not say "hey" before you have crossed the bridge. Don't sell the
hide of the bear until you shot it. Better one bird in the hand than ten in
the air. First gain is a cat purring.            - the Wise from Antrim -