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From: ZMLEB@SCFVM.GSFC.NASA.GOV (Lee Brotzman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: TO ANSI TEAM
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Date: 25 Aug 90 01:29:03 GMT
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John Wavrik <jjwavrik@ucsd.edu> writes:
>
>I think that it is quite legitimate for users of Forth to have as
>their "burning issue":
>
>      Will I be able to write significant programs portably
>      in the new Standard?
>
   If you are using a PC, you should be able to at least get a feel for
ANS Forth by using Martin Tracy's Zen Forth.  The last I heard, Martin
was keeping Zen in step with each BASIS to provide a testbed like you
suggest.  (I have not been keeping up with Zen for the last year or so,
so I can't say whether it is still "pre-ANSI-compliant").
   Of course, you can't directly test portability by implementing on only
one system, but, if your Forth-83 code runs in Zen with little or no
change, it's a fair bet that porting between ANS systems will work.

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