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

On 23/11/2024 2:46 am, Buzz McCool wrote:

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

... Any other tips on word management would be appreciated.

 
I found the "Forth Foundation Library": https://github.com/uho/ffl
 
Is this still widely used? I ask since all the commits are over a decade old.
...

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.  The reluctance in
Forth to use others' code goes all the way to Moore himself and extends to
things such as the Standard.  Elizabeth comments on the phenomena here:

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.forth/c/t7DjpOZkR9M/m/GZbK41I_NA4J