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From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM
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Subject: Re: Flow Control Words
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Date: 2 Jan 91 20:47:35 GMT
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> > prefer to go in the opposite direction, removing some of the syntax
> > that Forth already has (defining words have "one word lookahead" syntax,
> > and control structures have syntax).  Syntax is an impediment to
> > extensibility, and the few syntactic constructs that Forth already
> > has frequently cause problems.

> What is your alternative to control structures? Get CFA from stack?

Yes.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM