Re: Managing custom words [Re: "Back & Forth" is back!]

In article <nnd$549643c7$6fbb6e4e@1b875ad64c871ecb>,
Hans Bezemer  <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> wrote:

On 25-11-2024 11:00, mhx wrote:

On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 5:24:37 +0000, dxf wrote:
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On 23/11/2024 2:46 am, Buzz McCool wrote:

On 11/19/2024 9:48 AM, Buzz McCool wrote:

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Is this still widely used? I ask since all the commits are over a
decade old.
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AFAIK it was never widely used.  When the question as to why arose
on c.l.f, everyone had an excuse as to why it didn't suit them.

[..]
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I use(d) the XML tools of the Forth Foundation Library two years
back. They were a delight to work with.
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Normally, I don't use other people's code when I'm deeply
interested in the subject matter but in this case my daytime
job required it. I just wanted to get results, but still with
the option to completely understand the nuts and bolts.
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-marcel

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I've ported a couple of members from the FFL, but they're HUGE!
Over 600 lines for an XML library. For comparison: my 4tH preprocessor
is a 100 lines LESS!
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I'm sure they're quite powerful, but often I just need some tools that
take the edge off. I'm capable enough to handle whatever comes myself.
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So:
https://sourceforge.net/p/forth-4th/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/4th.src/lib/parsexml.4th
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E.g. I used it in my "Kjots to Gnote" converter.. and at work at several
occasions.

My observation with arg.fs were the same. 500 lines versus 2 screens.

ciforth is sufficiently mainstream that I can port ffl to ciforth,
however it is a bit troublesome that it means to turn ciforth in
a fat forth loading virtually most of its library code.

I guess that is the price to pay to be in the company of swiftforth,
mpeforth and gforth.

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Hans Bezemer

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