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Subject: Advanced Beginners
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Date: 1 Jul 90 23:29:18 GMT
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Category 18,  Topic 57
Message 7         Sat Jun 30, 1990
D.RUFFER [Dennis]            at 23:18 EDT
 
Re: seg@PacBell.COM (S. E. Grove)

 > I would like a decompilation of the FORTH word U.R.

: U.R ( u n)   SWAP 0  <# #S #>  ROT OVER - SPACES  TYPE ;

This work in polyFORTH and should be pretty standard.  The main difference
will probably be on what size of number #S converts.  In polyFORTH it takes a
double number, thus the 0 is put on before conversion.  This word also does
not do any checking that the converted number is larger than the field.  I
contend that the programmer should know this fact before writing the
application, but others may disagree with me and insist on the check before
the SPACES.

Anyway, that is a start.   DaR
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