Re: recursion

On 15/07/2024 23:44, Gerry Jackson wrote:

I would guess that your suggestion of FORWARD FOO could be defined using that and something like EXECUTE-PARSING e.g. copying "FOO RECURSE" to a buffer and doing:
    BUF COUNT ' SYNONYM EXECUTE-PARSING
followed by IMMEDIATE of course

Sorry, ignore this as a standard system won't permit a definition within a colon definition. My excuse - it was late last night and I was tired when I posted it, but it would work in my Forth system.
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Gerry