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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: on Perl
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:31:16 +0200
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On 18/04/2024 10:36, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:30:49 +0200, David Brown wrote:
> 
>> With the list of pointers design of Forth, you can just
>> redefine these "local" words as you need to, and ignore any previous
>> definitions.
> 
> So, they reinvented local variables, and thought it was some great
> innovation ...

"word" in Forth terminology is more like "function" in common imperative 
languages.  (It is not exactly the same, since Forth "words" are much 
more flexible - that is both a good thing and a bad thing.)