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From: marmar@mtk.UUCP (Mark Martino)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: ANS FORTH/PICK and ROLL
Summary: How do you replace them?
Message-ID: <931@mtk.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 89 15:25:07 GMT
Reply-To: marmar@mtk.UUCP (Mark Martino)
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Organization: Mannesmann Tally, Kent, WA 98032
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I expect this has been talked about before, but I missed it.  I was
reading an article about ANS Forth last night in the FIG journal.
I really liked the changes that were discussed in the article, but one
change confused me.  I agree with it, but it baffled me.

This article proposed that PICK and ROLL become members of the extended
word set instead of being required words.  I agree with the article that
they are fairly cumbersome, but I could not think of a way to get along
without them.

How WOULD you get along without them?  I'm not being sarcastic or
facetious here, I really am curious.  I'd love to get along without
them.