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|    sjack to Ruvim    |
|    Re: Forth systems with address units >8     |
|    24 Jun 24 15:26:06    |
   
   From: sjack@dontemail.me   
      
   Ruvim wrote:   
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   >   
   > A question to all.   
   >   
   > In your application code, if you want to read exactly one byte at an   
   > address, do you prefer to use the word "c@" or "b@"?   
   >   
      
   You didn't go back in time far enough. BYTE started as polymorphic but   
   quickly became vulgar for 8-bits. OCTATE would be specific for 8-bits,   
   so O@ .   
   You can ignore the above; just for grins. I prefer B@ but only   
   because I can't think of a use for a backtracking fetch.   
      
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