🚀 go-pugleaf

    I'm new to Forth and enjoying it immensely, but I have a question
about stand-alone code segments, such as WDEFs and XCMDs.  Let me just
say that I experienced in other languages (Pascal, C, C++, ...) and
the Mac Toolbox, and have written both WDEFs and XCMDs in the past.
    What I'm wondering is, is it possible to build such things with
any of the Mac Forth incarnations?  (Personally, I am toying with
Pocket Forth currently, as it is free.)  If so, how does the
implementation go about building the code resource?  Does it just take
a copy of the dictionary and add some setup code and a jump to the
entry-point word at the beginning?  If not, what the heck does it do?

    My guess is that it probably hasn't been done, as I think it might
be kind of painful to turn a Forth dictionary (or some subset thereof)
into a stand-alone code resource.  However, I think it would be
wonderful if it were possible.  Having written these things in the
past, I think the concept of a WDEF in Forth is a beautiful thing.
(Heck, once you had the basics laid out, you could churn out WDEF
after WDEF all the time, leading to a distinctive look for your apps,
albeit a degeneration of the interface standard. :-)

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