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Subject: FPC forth?????????
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Date: 8 May 91 02:51:59 GMT
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 Date: 05-01-91 (16:55)              Number: 2082 of 2088
   To: ALL                           Refer#: NONE
 From: DAVID ROGERS                    Read: (N/A)
 Subj: F-PC PROBLEMS                 Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
 Conf: FORTH (58)                 Read Type: GENERAL (+)

 HELP!!!!

 I am new to Forth although I am proficient in other languages.  I have
 just gotten hold of f-pc and have been trying it out.  I seem to have
 run into a problem.  I am trying to run the following and it does not
 seem to work as expected.  Can anyone explain what I am doing wrong?  My
 setup is plain vanilla just as it was extracted from the .zip files.

 \ The following produces some garbage at run time - see test run below
 \

 create buf 80 allot
 variable bufcount

 : readline
     buf 20 EXPECT
     span @ bufcount !
 ;

 \ The following works as expected
 \
 \
 \
 \

 : readline2
     buf 20 (EXPECT)
     span @ bufcount !
 ;

 Here's what happens:

 load
 Loading.. ok
 readline This is a test!!!  ;   R>  <- What?
   ok
   ok
 readline2 This is a test!!!  ok

 Why does this happen?

 Regards,
 David A. Rogers

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