Re: Information Hiding in FORTH

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From: Rex Ballard
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1986 14:31

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In article <12110@amdcad.UUCP> tim@amdcad.UUCP (Tim Olson) writes:
>I have been recently thinking of a way to implement something like the
>'C' static scoping type in forth.  This would allow a word or group of
>words to use a VARIABLE without letting the VARIABLE be visible outside
>the group;

>	c)  Is there another (easier) way to do this that I am not
>	    aware of?

If you have '83, you might wish to look at the finer points of
vocabulary and context words.  It is possible to create "statics"
this way.  This feature is often under-used, but useful.

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Subject: Re: Information Hiding in FORTH
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Date: Wed, 2-Jul-86 10:31:08 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  2 10:31:08 1986
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Organization: CCI, Rochester Development, Rochester, NY
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Summary: Vocabulary, context.

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