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   Ruvim to dxf   
   Re: Stack notation   
   31 May 24 14:47:18   
   
   From: ruvim.pinka@gmail.com   
      
   On 2024-05-31 11:52, dxf wrote:   
   > On 31/05/2024 2:12 am, Ruvim wrote:   
   >> On 2024-05-30 18:26, minforth wrote:   
   >>> TEMP-CONVERSION ( F: celsius -- F: fahrenheit )   
   >>> should be clear enough, right?   
   >>   
   >> Right, while you have not introduced subtypes of i*r.   
   >>   
   >> So in the standard stack notation it would be:   
   >>   
   >>    TEMP-CONVERSION ( F: r.celsius -- r.fahrenheit )   
   >   
   > Unnecessarily complicated.   
   >   
      
   The Forth standard uses namely this notation.   
      
   Stack diagrams are part of the program (or library) documentation. And   
   what notations are used for documentation is up to authors.   
      
   My initial question was about the standard stack notation.   
      
      
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