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From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM
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Subject: Re:  Blocks vs Text files
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Date: 9 Apr 90 16:52:45 GMT
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> it is easy to do the [block source to text file source] conversion
> in Forth.

Not strictly true.  A more correct statement would be:  It is easy
to do it in some Forth systems which provide file access, but there
is no *portable* way to do it in standard Forth.

(I am speaking here of existing Forth systems; the ANS Forth document
provides the necessary functions to do it portably).

Mitch