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   Ruvim to Anton Ertl   
   Re: Forth systems with address units >8    
   24 Jun 24 15:25:35   
   
   From: ruvim.pinka@gmail.com   
      
   On 2024-06-22 10:44, Anton Ertl wrote:   
   > In the discussion of the special memory access words proposal the   
   > question has come up whether the proposal should make extra effort to   
   > support Forth systems with address units >8 bits.   
      
      
   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@"?   
      
      
   I prefer to use "b@" in such a case, even if in the Forth system these   
   words are equal.   
      
      
      
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