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Subject: for us beginners?  Help
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Date: 20 Jan 91 15:25:18 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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 Date: 01-13-91 (22:03)              Number: 879 of 891 (Echo)
   To: ROGER LEE                     Refer#: 807
 From: STEVE WHEELER                   Read: NO
 Subj: THE STUPID QUESTION           Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 Things built from wood and metal parts can be considered an "extensible"
 set of items, but carpenters and mechanics would be in real trouble if
 2x4s, 10-penny nails, bolt threads and head shapes and sizes, etc.
 weren't standardized.

 The point of standardization is not to constrain what can be done with
 Forth, but to provide a common set of construction materials.  I'm
 looking forward to it.

 How far could you drive if each state required different sized wheels,
 differently-shaped steering apparatus, and a different shifting pattern
 in automobiles and trucks.  Sure, you could learn each states version,
 but isn't it easier when you have a common set of expected features?

  - Wheels

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