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Subject: Re: Why FORTH screens?
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 03:35:27 EST
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Why not screens??
A more serious answer is that screens are used for data storage
as well as for source. Organization of data into uniform blocks
makes access to any datum relatively simple. One can write
words which use screens as virtual memory and which function
identically to "real" memory counterparts.
   There is no problem is producing a version of FORTH
   which reads text files in a host operating system (JPL FORTH does).
   Kitt Peak VAX-Forth uses the underlying (Unix or VMS)
   operating system to organize sets of screens into files. It
   has a utility for converting standard text files into screens
   for those who want to use an external editor.
      Alternatives to screens have been discussed in FORTH circles.
		  -- John J Wavrik
		     Dept. of Math.
		     U.C. San Diego
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