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From: sjack@dontemail.me (sjack)
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Subject: Re: Why dial-a-standard is not a thing in Forth
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:19:55 -0000 (UTC)
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dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Out of curiosity what was the conversion method?
> 
-- CVD ( n_x -- n_decimal)
-- Convert to decimal
-- Split given 3 digit number into digits and
-- reassemble digits into a decimal number.

Base is used to get the digits but regardless of the base each digit 
is treated as a decimal value, what the user had intended, and assembled 
into a decimal number.

-- 
me