From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at   
      
   dxf  writes:   
   >Gforth uses numeric   
   >primitives to build "." but won't make it available to users to send   
   >directly to disk.   
      
   Which numeric primitives are you referring to?  I expect that, because   
   the reality is that all words that Gforth uses to implement "." are   
   available to users, you will not answer the question, but do your   
   usual thing and move the goalposts or make some other unsubstantiated   
   claim to detract from you inability to support your claim.   
      
   - anton   
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