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From: jax@well.sf.ca.us (Jack J. Woehr)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: ANS Forth News
Summary: BASIS to appear online!
Keywords: ansi, x3j14, standards
Message-ID: <18311@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 3 Jun 90 06:35:18 GMT
Reply-To: jax@well.sf.ca.us (Jack J. Woehr)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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	One of the most important (IMHO) decisions taken at the
recent meeting of the X3J14 Technical Committee for dpANS Forth
was that a controversial step was at last to be taken.

	BASIS12 will appear online.

	The Technical Committee is not exactly rolling in dough.
The BASIS is prepared after every meeting, on the freely donated time
of the volunteer editor, in MicroSoft Word [TM] format. It will
be uploaded to a variety of telecom outlets in that format. If
you don't have access to Word, believe me, don't bother to
download!

	But for those of us who will make the effort to examine
this document, the decision of the TC is most welcome.

	Current plans are that your correspondent will be passed
a copy which he will try to make available on USENET, probably
sometime in July.

	BASIS12 is a step to *your* Standard for ANS Forth!
Participate!

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