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From: Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Average of a [stack]
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 08:15:32 -0700
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On 7/18/2024 6:49 PM, dxf wrote:
> 
> While c.l.f. challenges are often couched in terms of items on a stack,
> one is more likely to be dealing with data in memory and a count.
> Shifting the operation to the stack (assuming that's even viable) strikes
> me as unnecessary.

In this instance, I was using Forth as a scientific calculator that I 
could easily show the data input, algorithm, and output results in a 
reproducible and sharable fashion.

I stumbled upon the "Average of a list" thread from last month and took 
advantage of the discussion to get the knowledgeable c.l.f denizens to 
whittle down my naive code to its essentials and learn fish for myself a 
bit better in the future. Many thanks you and all who take the time to 
teach or opine.