Re: FP number syntax

On 26/12/2024 10:28 am, Paul Rubin wrote:

dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> writes:

there's been little historical demand '1.34' be recognized as a float.

 
It's a mistake I make all the time, but I figure it's one of Forth's
frozen oddities.  In a non-ANS Forth, I'd probably make 1.34 a float and
use some other scheme for literal doubles.

Embedded punctuation in doubles was something I was never happy with
(misleading, can make a typo and still be accepted).  So when ANS limited
it to one decimal point at the end I was rather relieved.