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Subject: ANS FORTH TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Message-ID: <2055.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 6 Dec 90 02:04:21 GMT
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 Date: 12-02-90 (22:26)              Number: 365 of 368 (Echo)
   To: B.RODRIGUEZ2 [BRAD]           Refer#: 353
 From: JACK WOEHR                      Read: NO
 Subj: ANS FORTH TECHNICAL COMMI     Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 -> > That must mean that there are only a few remain issues left
 -> > to resolve (right? :-).
 -> No, Dennis, it means we've all given up.
 ->
 -> - Brad
 -> "Accept No Substantive Input."

       Now, Brad, naughty naughty! Really, we are going to present
 you with a very nice dpANS which you may then proceed to cheerily
 hack to pieces!

       The main dramas left in the process consist of

         - seeing whether a last minute charge of a light brigade
           of 79-STANDARD programmers will overthrow the last three
           years of work;

         - keeping Mitch Bradley from inserting ATTENUATE-FRAMISTAN
           C-MUMBLE-BLETCH and TOKENIZE-MYASS into the language;

         - waiting to discover who wins the Last Wo/Man bottle of
           Chateaubriand '97 by being the last to go bankrupt purchasing
           airline tickets and hotel accomodations for X3J14 meetings.

         All seriousness aside, there shortly will be something
 resembling a truly portable Forth ready for your perusal. It is not
 totally unattractive, despite constant assaults on its continuity and
 integrity. While there is little chance of obtaining an Arabian
 Stallion from X3J14, a perfectly serviceable saddle camel seems to be
 emerging as dpANS.

                 =jax=

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