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From: jax@well.UUCP (Jack J. Woehr)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Help w/ compiler words
Summary: ANSI wants to remove them!
Keywords: Don't have <BUILDS, but have DOES>
Message-ID: <12916@well.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 89 00:43:43 GMT
References: <10371@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: jax@well.UUCP (Jack J. Woehr)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <10371@dasys1.UUCP> aj-mberg@dasys1.UUCP (Micha Berger) writes:
>
>I have two questions:
>	1- I'm trying to define a new type of variable, one that holds
>           someone else's CFA. Is there a command that can take a CFA off
>           of the stack and execute it?

	Yes. Are you ready for this? It's called EXECUTE.

>        2- How do define a compiler word without <BUILDS? I have a DOES>.
>
	In 79-STANDARD and later use CREATE instead of <BUILDS.

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