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Subject: BASIS Feedback
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Date: 13 Feb 90 23:36:45 GMT
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 Date: 02-12-90 (00:25)              Number: 2897 (Echo)
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 From: BOB LEE                         Read: (N/A)
 Subj: ANS FORTH                     Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 I'm pretty excited about the ANS Forth Standard that is coming along.  I
 got Basis 6 last year, and Martin Tracy's ZEN is really opening my eyes
 anew to the power of Forth.  How soon can we reasonably expect the
 standard to become a reality?

 One of the things I noticed in the Basis 10 Summary was a word I'd never
 heard of: >COLROW  - what an ugly word!  I don't see why such a word is
 necessary in a standard system.  Even if it must be included for some
 reason or another, I wish it had a more readable name (POSITION maybe?).

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