Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Postfixer FORTH Message-ID: Date: 22 Aug 90 16:57:50 GMT References: <9008180333.AA11956@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1560.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 19 In article <1560.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us> dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us (Doug Philips) writes: > ( vocabulary manipulations as necessary go here...) > : CODE: ( -- cfa-able-address ) ... ; IMMEDIATE > CODE: BX PUSH > CODE: AX PUSH > CODE: ( Machinations for NEXT... ) ;Code > " Next" Is > " 1Push" Is > " 2Push" Is That's pretty good. I was about to point out you had invented PostScript, but that language doesn't allow multiple entry points. Still, it's pretty close to: { ... } /Next def Still, it does demonstrate that at least at this level the PostScript full postfix form has its advantages... -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com