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Subject: Multi-line custom compilers
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Date: 30 Aug 90 06:55:48 GMT
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> The point is that the solutions offered [to the problem that Dr. Wavrik
> posed about building your own compiling words] are only valid if the
> source code is on one line, such as the specific formulation proposed
> as the problem.

One of my A-1, non-negotiable, burning-issue-class goals with the file
input stream stuff was the ability to write a version of WORD (call it
GETWORD for the sake of discussion) that will read past line boundaries.

I believe that this goal was achieved, but I guess I better prove it by
writing up the solution.  Stay tuned.  I'll post it when I finish.

If I can't do it, it's burning issue time.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM