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   albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl to dxforth@gmail.com   
   Re: portable or not? Volatile strings   
   15 Aug 24 11:04:41   
   
   In article <66bd607c$1@news.ausics.net>, dxf   wrote:   
   >On 15/08/2024 5:46 am, minforth wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:49:45 +0000, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
   >>> Ticking a constant or constant string makes no sense.   
   >>   
   >> Try   
   >>   
   >> ' +INF   
   >>   
   >> It takes forever.   
   >   
   >Some folks think this works :)   
   >   
   >' God   
   >   
      
   Some Forth try to speed up by predefining constants:   
      
   ' 0   
    OK   
    .S   
      
   S[ 4206176 ] OK   
   SEE 0   
      
   0000,0000,0000,0000 CONSTANT 0   
      
   What has to do with anything?   
      
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