Sujet : Re: Why dial-a-standard is not a thing in Forth
De : mhx (at) *nospam* iae.nl (mhx)
Groupes : comp.lang.forthDate : 23. Apr 2025, 11:21:56
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 0:50:13 +0000, dxf wrote:
On 22/04/2025 12:19 am, sjack wrote:
dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> wrote:
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16 base ! 10 cvd decimal . 10 ok
2 base ! 10 cvd decimal . 10 ok
36 base ! -10 cvd decimal . -10 ok
Why not store the number as text in this case?
What is the advantage? As a user I still need
to know the BASE (unless it is assumed to be
always 10).
-marcel