From: krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org   
      
   On 6/28/24 10:50, Anton Ertl wrote:   
   > Krishna Myneni  writes:   
   >> On 6/26/24 02:49, Anton Ertl wrote:   
   >>> Krishna Myneni  writes:   
   >>>> Why is 0 a valid argument to SET-ORDER (from the optional Search-Order   
   >>>> word set)? It can leave a Forth system in a non-recoverable state.   
   >>>   
   >>> So what?  There are lots of ways to put a Forth system in a   
   >>> non-recoverable state.   
   >>> ...   
   >>   
   >> By design? No.   
   >   
   > Does it matter?   
   >   
      
   Yes, it matters. Not everyone uses Forth to develop and use turnkey   
   applications. Some of us rely on the Forth environment itself as the   
   application interface, where definitions in a precise search order *are*   
   the interface. Inadvertently emptying the search order and violating the   
   notion of a minimum search order would mean loss of data from a lengthy   
   computation or data acquisition.   
      
   --   
   Krishna   
      
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