In article <66385218$1@news.ausics.net>, dxf   wrote:   
   >On 6/05/2024 9:01 am, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
   >> In article <2024May5.170709@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at>,   
   >> Anton Ertl  wrote:   
   >>> dxf  writes:   
   >>>> On 4/05/2024 3:04 am, Anton Ertl wrote:   
   >>>>> dxf  writes:   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>>> It means: Gforth does not provide (D.) and does not have factors that   
   >>>>> correspond to (D.) or (.).  If it had such factors, you would have to   
   >>>>> use them in the following way:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> ( d ) (D.)  ( do something with the string, and when you are done:) #>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Standard Forth makes no such instruction.   
   >>>   
   >>> Of course not, because standard Forth has no word (D.).   
   >>   
   >> Indeed, surprisingly, but every Forth made in the Netherlands   
   >> apparently has at least (D.R) that was already present in figForth or   
   >> an equivalent to (D.).   
   >> In my experience those words that leave a string and doesnot TYPE   
   immediately   
   >> are pretty essential.   
   >   
   >Indeed - what this thread was intended to convey.  It's a pity Forth Standards   
   >just ignored it with the result too many implementations also ignore it.   
      
   I remarked that all Forth in the Netherlands has such a word.   
   According Anton Ertl this is "not relevant".   
   Also that swiftforth has defined D. as   
   : D. (D.) TYPE SPACE ;   
   is not relevant.   
      
   >   
   >> The fact that #> may refer to a static buffer   
   >> cannot be concealed anyway.   
   >   
   >And with high-end forths offering circular buffers for temp string storage it   
   >ought not to be a problem.  VFX has >SYSPAD and SwiftForth something similar.   
   >Thus far PAD has sufficed me.  I'll add complexity when and if I need it.   
   >   
   As discussed, the programmer interface need not change.   
      
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