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1 total messages Started by Case Computer Club Thu, 02 Feb 1984 03:38
Forth-83 Standard
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Author: Case Computer Club
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1984 03:38
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	I just had a look at the Forth-83 standard, and I was surprised at
a few things, most of them relating to the definition of tick ('):

	1. Tick is no longer defined to return a pointer to the PFA,
	   as in Forth-79 or fig-Forth, instead, it points to the
	   CFA.

	2. Tick has actually been divorced into two functions.  The
	   first retains the notation (') while the other one looks
	   like this: ([']).  The first is not immediate, as in previous
	   versions, and returns a pointer to the CFA of the next word
	   found in the input stream when it is executed.  The second
	   is immediate, can only be compiled, and compiles the CFA of
	   the next word found in the input stream at compilation time
	   into a literal.

	The end result is that much code is incompatible.  It is certain
that ANY word which depends on tick will no longer work.  I would like
some feedback on this.  Is this a good change?  Will it affect much
work?  Please respond by mail.  I will summarize responses on the net.

				Carl Fongheiser
				decvax!cwruecmp!ccc (Usenet)
				ccc@Case  (CSnet)
				ccc%Case@Rand-relay (Internet)
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