Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!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: Factoring of CREATE Message-ID: Date: 24 Aug 90 22:02:39 GMT References: <9008241529.AA27873@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 16 In article <9008241529.AA27873@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> wmb%MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM@SCFVM.GSFC.NASA.GOV writes: > The problem with your solution (shall we call it the "PostScript way"?) Sure :-> > is that it's hard to get there from Forth. It's not hard to implement > nor is it technically flawed; it's just that it would be hard to obtain > consensus on such a scheme within the Forth community. Well, that's not really much of a problem. If I ever get back into forth I'll just implement it whenever I do a project and watch the screaming begin. I'll probably also implement passive objects just to irritate everyone else. (if you think I'm somewhat disillusioned with the Forth community, you're damn right) -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com