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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Why is Postscript not Forth?
Message-ID: <.VQ1P-9xds13@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 13 Feb 90 23:06:07 GMT
References: <9002121712.AA24871@jade.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <9002121712.AA24871@jade.berkeley.edu> Mitch Bradley <wmb@ENG.SUN.COM> writes:
> * Memory allocation problem update: my memory allocation proposal passed
> at the last ANS Forth meeting!  So Forth will have memory allocation one of
> these days when ANS Forth becomes a reality.  More on this later.

This, unfortunately, isn't likely to completely solve the string issue. C
has memory allocation, but can't handle strings with PS-like ease. The
other thing you need to easily handle strings is garbage collection, so you
can do things like:

	string1 string2 concat

or

	string1 3 5 substr

without having to track your arguments henceforth. You need, instead, to
do something C-like:

	string1 buffer strcpy buffer string2 strcat

or

	string1 3 skip buffer 5 strncpy
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