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From: a684@mindlink.UUCP (Nick Janow)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Spurious analogy
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Date: 4 Jul 90 14:35:17 GMT
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wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM

> ANS Forth has not "invented a 30-sided wrench".  ANS Forth has noted that 2
> flavors of wrenches ALREADY EXIST, LIKE IT OR NOT, and has DOCUMENTED the
> range of usage in which either of the two flavors can be used
> interchangeably.

I think that much of the complaint comes about because for whichever word is
being complained about, the ANSI committee didn't chose the common practice of
the version of FORTH the complainer uses.  "I support the concept of an ANSI
standard whole-heartedly...just as long as they choose _my_ common practices!
_I_ shouldn't have to change my habits!"

RAYBRO%UTRC@UTRCGW.UTC.COM (William R Brohinsky) writes:

> It all seems so sad: X3J14's goodness ran out for me when they killed NOT.

"Wwwaaahhh!  They didn't chose my preference!  I'm not going to play with them
anymore!"

I'm willing to switch to ANSI FORTH.  I use MacFORTH Plus now, but I might
change it to meet ANSI standards until a proper ANSI version becomes available.