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From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM
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Subject: Size of Basis
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Date: 18 Mar 91 19:57:52 GMT
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>  EVERY member of the TC wants things REMOVED ... it's just that,
>  like the user community at large, we all disagree on what is to go!

I am a TC member, I don't want things removed.

BASIS, as it currently exists, is acceptable to me, but if any changes
were to be made, I would prefer to add things rather than remove them.

This does not mean that I want to add things to the CORE (required) wordset.
By and large, additions, if any, should go in optional wordsets.

Every word that is currently in Basis serves a useful purpose.

Forth has suffered in the marketplace as a result of the Forth community's
past inability to standardize important extensions.  The current Basis
brings Forth up to a minimally acceptable, but not ideal, level.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM