Re: Toad using many vocabularies

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.

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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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