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From: dawg6844@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Race Bannon)
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Subject: Re: Block Temporaries in ST-80 and ST/V
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Date: 2 Apr 91 06:14:49 GMT
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mjohnson@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu (Mark S. Johnson) writes:



>In a "recent" posting (expired from my system) someone mentioned that
>the most (only?) significant change to ST-80 syntax since the Blue
>Book was the addition of block temporaries.

>Two Questions:

>(1)  What is the syntax for block temporaries?
>     I'd guess something like [:x | a b | ...] where a and b are the
>     temps.  I have to guess because I don't have access to ST-80.

>(2) Is there a filein that adds block temporaries to ST/V?
>    Or any fix that a near-novice could apply?
>    (Preferably for ST/V Mac, if it matters.)

>Thanks for any help,
>Mark

>-- 
>Mark S. Johnson        mjohnson@stn9.me.calpoly.edu      (129.65.19.9)

Thats almost exactly the syntax, with the addition of an extra vertical bar:

[:foo :bar | |temp1 temp2| thing doStuff. otherThing doOtherStuff]

Sorry, don't know anything about ST/V.


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