Re: "The Best Programming Language for the End of the World"

On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 5:21:05 +0000, dxf wrote:

On 5/04/2025 6:12 pm, mhx wrote:

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On the topic of documentation Forth Standard (the document to which
everyone looks) hasn't clarified aspects of REPRESENT F. etc.

I don't let the Standard confuse me. It's beneficial when others
adhere to it closely, unless it's not. In particular, I don't agree
to the efforts to try to standardize untested 'good ideas.'

I believe iForth considers PRECISION to mean decimal places.  Did you
depart from the Standard - or you were confused by it?

I understand the difference between precision and decimal places, but
when formatting numbers my objectives are cosmetic. When I need
precision
I fetch the binary representation, not what a program prints out at a
random spot. It is the same with for example 'C' : it's almost always
about how it looks like on the screen. (Unless when comparing floating
point values, e.g., when trying to let a simulator stop at exactly the
time typed in by the user.)

That holes still exist after 30 years can only mean forthers are
content with less than perfect documentation.  No?

Documentation is for others :--)
-marcel