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Subject: Re: BASIS Feedback
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Date: 15 Feb 90 19:33:51 GMT
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> 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.

It's not necessary in every standard system.  That's why it is in an
extension wordset.

>  Even if it must be included for some reason or another, I wish it had
> a more readable name (POSITION maybe?).

We spent several hours trying to think of good alternatives.  Many
alternative names unfortunately conflicted with existing words in
some systems.  One advantage of the chosen name is that it tells you
the stack order of the operands, which is a common problem with
this operation.