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From: Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com>
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Subject: Re: Toad using many vocabularies
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 11:08:20 -0400
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On 2024-11-01 10:28, Ruvim wrote:
> Such a syntax is used in SP-Forth/4 since 2001, in the form <voc>::<word> or 
> <voc1>::<voc2>::<word>
> 
> Where <voc> is a word that returns wid, or a word that is created with 
> `vocabulary`.
> 
> This syntax in SP-Forth probably came after C++ "::" operator, introduced in 
> 1998.  The same operator was in C# from its initial release in 2000.
 >
> The dot "." operator for accessing nested packages in Java was introduced in 1995.
> 
> In Forth, a dot is often used as part of plain names, so it was less suitable as 
> a namespace separator.

Yep.  Bad idea to use dot.

Never liked `::`, found it visually distasteful.

Dare I suggest C's `->` which trumps others by decades.

Or simply create a new one like `:>` or  `~` (oh I'll be stoned for this one). 
I would prefer a single character, but there are so few good choices.

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Anthony C Howe
achowe@snert.com                                   BarricadeMX & Milters
http://nanozen.snert.com/                          http://software.snert.com/