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Subject: Re: ANS TC Magnet for Interpreter
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Date: 16 Jan 90 20:00:25 GMT
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> ... discussion about various ways to specify explicit number base ...
> MB: H# D#
> RB: %, etc
> FS: $, h', etc

The trouble with this topic is that everybody in the whole world has
a different idea about what "looks" good.  Everybody is "used" to something
from exposure to some random assembly language.

The only ways that I know to resolve such issues:

1) by fiat
2) give up and do nothing


A couple of objective comments:

A lot of Forth systems use "$" as a prefix for string operators (as in BASIC).

RB notes the difficulty with "D#" also being a plausible operator for
entry of double numbers.  Whatever scheme is chosen should treat the
"double/single" and "hex/decimal" choices orthogonally, since the
choices are independent of one another.

Mitch