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From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley)
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Subject: Length of Forth words
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Date: 28 Jan 91 04:07:05 GMT
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> 1.   What is (should be) the mean number of words [per] non primitive word
>  definitions?

Eight, based on some measurements that I did a while ago.


> 2.   What is (should be) the mean number of machine instructions in a
> primitive word?

About 4 or 5, but rather machine-dependent, based on a educated guess.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM