Re: VALUE and TO implementation

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".

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Am I the only one that thinks parsing words are an incredible nuisance?

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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.
-marcel