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From: pgtrubey@watrose.UUCP (pgtrubey)
Newsgroups: net.lang.forth
Subject: Why FORTH screens?
Message-ID: <7349@watrose.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Mar-85 10:19:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 18 10:19:49 1985
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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This is a question that has been bugging me for a long time...

Why does FORTH use screens to package its definitions?

The simple answer would be that it's easier to implement everything
that way.  However, every new and improved version of FORTH (that I 
know of anyway - am I wrong?) still uses them.  Why not something that
is a bit easier to play around with...like a file maybe?

Any thoughts?