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From: Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: VALUE and TO implementation
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 20:08:58 +0400
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On 2024-08-05 19:07, dxf wrote:
> On 5/08/2024 10:38 pm, mhx wrote:
>> On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 12:26:26 +0000, dxf wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/08/2024 5:17 pm, mhx wrote:
>>>>> However, as I showed earlier, a parsing "TO" has several advantages over
>>>>> a non-parsing "TO".
>>>>
>>>> Am I the only one that thinks parsing words are an incredible nuisance?
>>>
>>> Don't know but to this day Mitch Bradley (ANS, Open Firmware) still uses
>>> parsing words to interpret hex, double, float numbers.
>>
>> "de gustibus non disputandum est."
>>
>>> He also uses state-smart words.
>>
>> Show me a Forther *without* strong opinions *and* unfathomable
>> inconsistencies.
> 
> I'm more interested in knowing how parsing words can be a nuisance?  Do they
> possess a life of their own?

> We've been told state-smart words are evil.

The only reason for that evil is that `POSTPONE` in a classic 
implementation behaves incorrectly for them.

See "About POSTPONE semantics in edge cases" 
<https://github.com/ForthHub/discussion/discussions/103>

Nobody have pointed out any logical error in my reasoning.


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Ruvim