Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!well!jax From: jax@well.UUCP (Jack J. Woehr) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: FORTH Modules: current confusion? Keywords: modules; dictionary structure; compiler mods Message-ID: <15058@well.UUCP> Date: 17 Dec 89 02:23:30 GMT References: <5596@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <6708@tank.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: jax@well.UUCP (Jack J. Woehr) Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 16 The problem with CURRENT @ @ is that in F83 and F83S it will get you one particular thread of the four threads in the vocabulary which is CURRENT. Further, in F83S and FPC the dictionary headers are in a separate segment from the address lists and you have to use extended memory operators to reach them. "!" won't reach them. {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} {} jax@well ." Sysop, Realtime Control and Forth Board" FIG {} {} jax@chariot ." (303) 278-0364 3/12/2400 8-n-1 24 hrs." Chapter {} {} JAX on GEnie ." Tell them JAX sent you!" Coordinator {} {} jax@well.sf.ca.us {} {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}