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Subject: Re: FP number syntax
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In article <ce49909934f23b4050a9d1a232af8ffe@www.novabbs.com>,
minforth <minforth@gmx.net> wrote:
>Yes ... those traditions ... as was COMPILE from earlier Forths.
>Banned because it was ambiguous.
>Luckily we now have POSTPONE which makes everything clearer.
>But sorry, that was an inappropriate remark ...
>
>Back to double numbers: with the new recogniser concept
>recognition of different double number formats is laid into
>the hand of users, and such standardisation becomes more of a
>recommendation.

It could easily be in ciforth using PREFIX, that adds two lines
to the kernel, and the word itself. Also it observes search order.
The "recognizer" way is more complicated, and - dare I say -
harder to use.
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