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Subject: Number syntax, or lack thereof
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Date: 2 Nov 90 22:30:09 GMT
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> doesn't checking for words first remove some plausible values
> from the numbers that can be used :-)

It sure does.

Forth's "check words first" rule is both a blessing and a curse.  If I
were free to "reinvent" Forth from the ground up, I believe that, all
things considered, I would allow numbers to be distinguished syntactically.

I suspect that this is a pretty controversial topic.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM