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Subject: ANS Forth
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Date: THU, 18 OCT 90 21:31:11 EDT
From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM
Subject: ANS Forth
>> I would argue that CHAR is an example, although I realize ASCII was never
>> formally adopted anywhere -- it was just a widely accepted informal standard.
>> (A pity those aren't recognized more often.)

> ASCII was changed because there is substantial sentiment against ruling
> out EBCDIC machines and non-US character sets.
Although I agree with CHAR, I think I can talk about non-US character sets.
Nothing again the seven-bits ASCII, but we use one more bit. OK with EKEY, but
I just can't write my name in an EXPECTed line...

>> ... and why C and Pascal were never objects of their ridicule?  [ about
>> lack of error recovery ]

> C has error recovery (setjmp()/longjmp()), and a great many significant
> C programs use it.
Well, I have already answered this..

>> BTW, I note that the proposal/comment form is no longer included in the BASIS
>> distribution, and hasn't been for some time now.  Had I not pestered Martin
>> Tracy at a FORML conference, I wouldn't know how to submit a proposal to the
>> TC.  Just a thought.

> It would be nice if the proposal form were still included; its omission
> is probably an oversight.

> I can assure anyone who may be considering writing a proposal that the
> form is really not necessary; just write down what you want to say and
> send it in.  The detailed format is not important.
Oh, yes? This is new for me. And for many ones who don't have E_MAIL access or
just don't read 500Kb of messages a week. (In fact, I have one or two Mb of
old mail that I never read in my computer. Only from FIGI-L.) Maybe you can
make it clear to everyone, ok?

> Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM
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