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From: keppel@pavepaws.UUCP
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Subject: RRe: What's so good about FORTH?
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Date: Sat, 14-Jun-86 10:39:38 EDT
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In article <432@astroatc.UUCP> philm@astroatc.UUCP (Phil Mason) writes:
>* small size : theaded-code is about a small as you can get.

Pardon, but I've never quite understood what threaded-code is.
Could somebody give me an explanation of
	o what it is
	o why it is fast
	o why other major languages don't use it or don't admit to using it


Thanks much  (Followups to net.lang).

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