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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: 0 SET-ORDER why? Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 05:54:37 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <v5gs1d$23lka$1@dont-email.me> References: <v5fjkr$1p13i$1@dont-email.me> <5c21b9a70973cda8da6fac285f5b2137@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:54:37 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6dc768f456b76527287d97634d4e65d3"; logging-data="2217610"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/4ipyaWhdsf25k6OHsSgDr" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:2cJTj8oBb/UlOvH9cHw3RupiXLc= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <5c21b9a70973cda8da6fac285f5b2137@www.novabbs.com> Bytes: 1685 On 6/25/24 20:19, minforth wrote: > IMO, it is a simple security mechanism against other users > breaking out of an application program and taking control > of the shell. That seems like a security concern for people who generate executables and don't want users returning to the Forth shell, which would be useful to commercial vendors who don't want users to have the full capability of the Forth environment. ISTM such a use does not warrant formal standardization in a language, if that was the intent of specifically providing a way to disable the Forth shell. -- Krishna