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From: Mitch.Bradley@ENG.SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Spelling of "("
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Date: 27 May 91 02:10:14 GMT
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Reply-To: Mitch Bradley <Mitch.Bradley%ENG.SUN.COM@SCFVM.GSFC.NASA.GOV>
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> If my memory serves me correctly the quote was:
>        "The only thing that Chuck did wrong in Forth was the
>         curvature of the ellipsis."
>
> [Jef Raskin] would have rather your example was like this:
>
>        ( DUP ROT . )
>
> Now wouldn't that be interesting!   :)   DaR

I don't think it's a big deal; it's just a spelling change (interchanging
"(" and ")").  That's why I think the whole "idea" is overblown.

Mitch