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p7zip 9.20.1 cross-compiled by Rugxulo 3 28 (8/21/2012 6:49:52 AM) comp.os.msdos.djgpp Elsewhere, Rugxulo posted p7zip 9.20.1 cross-compiled for DOS using DJGPP: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=11710 But, he may need our help: "Bug? It still relies on *nix-style forw... Rod

Copyright issues with Forth200x draft 20 37 (8/3/2012 10:34:11 PM) comp.lang.forth While some of the tests in Annex G of the Forth200x draft may be new and specifically written for the draft, I recognized that some of them come from copyrighted Hayes core code. The issue is that the Ha... Rod

Report of more spelling errors in Forth200x 11.1 draft 0 21 (8/3/2012 10:19:45 PM) comp.lang.forth Report of more spelling errors in Forth200x 11.1 draft: 1) "G.3.20 Memory Movement" "Frist two ..." That's "First" not "Frist" ... 2) "\ TEST IDENTITIE\S" TEST IDENTITIES without a backslash ... Rod

Is this example in the Forth200x draft 11.1 correct? 44 44 (8/3/2012 8:21:06 PM) comp.lang.forth Forth200x draft v11.1 "Annex F" "F.6.2. DEFER" " : DEFER ( "name" -- ) CREATE ['] ABORT , DOES> ( ... -- ... ) @ EXECUTE ; " Shouldn't the , (comma) be a COMPILE, ... ? (If not, could someone exp... Rod

'where' used instead of 'were' - corrections for Forth200x draft 11.1 0 58 (7/22/2012 3:45:35 PM) comp.lang.forth Forth200x draft 11.1 "A.13.6.2.---- {:" "The Forth 94 Technical Committee where unable ..." The word 'where' should be 'were'. "Industry standards" "The following standards where developed ..." ... Rod

ANS' EVALUATE and related issues 30 40 (7/2/2012 11:46:38 PM) comp.lang.forth 6.1.1360 EVALUATE "[...] Make the string described by 'c-addr' and 'u' both the input source and input buffer, [...] " Does that mean I can CMOVE the EVALUATE string to TIB? Or, must the original strin... Rod

IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE 32 45 (5/3/2012 8:10:39 AM) comp.lang.forth I'm not sure this matters any, but I noticed fig-Forth toggles immediacy with IMMEDIATE. However, the various specifications say that Forth only needs to "mark" or "make" a word immediate via IMMEDIATE. Does... Rod

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Buffer access with bounds checking... 25 58 (8/31/2012 1:51:58 PM) comp.lang.forth While writing about memory buffer overruns in a different thread earlier today, I was inspired to have a bash at writing some code that would allow safe read/write access to memory buffers. I came up with ... markrobertwills (871)

does forth need high abstraction ability like lisp? or not needed? or what? tradeoff? 5 43 (8/31/2012 3:00:50 AM) comp.lang.forth curious ... visploveslisp (160)

Implementing ." in forth 20 50 (8/23/2012 2:12:52 PM) comp.lang.forth I am trying to write a small compatability harness for Mini (mini.terra- weather.com) and am stumbling over ." (Mini has built-in strings, and uses . instead of ." ) Anyway, I see it needs: 1) a PARSE ... invalid456 (3074)

abstraction: do haskell and lisp beat forth in abstraction? or no? 38 54 (8/22/2012 8:20:02 PM) comp.lang.forth curious if forth can be as high level? ... visploveslisp (160)

Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages 164 106 (8/22/2012 4:43:56 AM) comp.lang.forth Today I read an Dr.Dobb's article named=20 "The Comparative Productivity of Programming Languages" They say "The problem is that measuring productivity is invariably viewed a= s more of an art than scienti... visualforth (74)

p7zip 9.20.1 cross-compiled by Rugxulo 3 28 (8/21/2012 6:49:52 AM) comp.os.msdos.djgpp Elsewhere, Rugxulo posted p7zip 9.20.1 cross-compiled for DOS using DJGPP: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=11710 But, he may need our help: "Bug? It still relies on *nix-style forw... do_not_have6502 (201)

continue equivalent in Forth? 64 48 (8/19/2012 2:28:42 AM) comp.lang.forth When I am in a begin-while-repeat loop, I sometimes would like to go to the top of the loop. The "continue" keyword in C is what would help me perfectly here. Is there a "continue" like word in Forth? ... programmingkidx (18)

Defining a constant inside a word at compile time 21 29 (8/6/2012 3:21:10 AM) comp.lang.forth I am trying to implement local variables into OpenBios. This is how local v= ariables need to work. When a word is being compiled, the local variables a= re defined by the { word. When the } word is encounter... programmingkidx (18)

Copyright issues with Forth200x draft 20 37 (8/3/2012 10:34:11 PM) comp.lang.forth While some of the tests in Annex G of the Forth200x draft may be new and specifically written for the draft, I recognized that some of them come from copyrighted Hayes core code. The issue is that the Ha... do_not_have6502 (201)

Is this example in the Forth200x draft 11.1 correct? 44 44 (8/3/2012 8:21:06 PM) comp.lang.forth Forth200x draft v11.1 "Annex F" "F.6.2. DEFER" " : DEFER ( "name" -- ) CREATE ['] ABORT , DOES> ( ... -- ... ) @ EXECUTE ; " Shouldn't the , (comma) be a COMPILE, ... ? (If not, could someone exp... do_not_have6502 (201)