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From: Mitch.Bradley@ENG.SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley)
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Subject: Re: ANS TC Magnet for Mass Storage
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Date: 4 Jun 91 16:33:56 GMT
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> At issue is the rationale for this proposed change [making the BLOCK
> wordset optional].

The rationale is:

   A lot of embedded systems get along nicely without BLOCK or any other
   form of directly-accessable mass storage.  By splitting the BLOCK words
   out into a separate optional wordset, ANS Forth recognizes this quite-
   common practice, and extends the domain of ANS Forth to such systems.

Mitch