Re: VALUE and TO implementation

mhx@iae.nl (mhx) writes:

On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 12:26:26 +0000, dxf wrote:

Don't know but to this day Mitch Bradley (ANS, Open Firmware) still uses
parsing words to interpret hex, double, float numbers.

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"de gustibus non disputandum est."
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He also uses state-smart words.

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Show me a Forther *without* strong opinions *and* unfathomable
inconsistencies.

In this case it's actually consistent: Mitch Bradley finds the
pitfalls of STATE-smart words acceptable, so he uses such words to
deal with various literals.

I, OTOH, don't consider them to be acceptable, so I prefer
recognizers, like the standard already has for words, single and
double integer numbers, and FP numbers.

- anton
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