In article <2024Sep3.085018@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at>,   
   Anton Ertl  wrote:   
   >Ruvim  writes:   
   >>Do you know practical cases of using "include-file" in programs?   
   >   
   >One way I am thinking about is to implement INCLUDED etc.  Systems   
   >deal differently with relative filenames for INCLUDED, with less   
   >differences for OPEN-FILE.  So if I want to implement a certain   
   >handling of relative filenames for INCLUDED in order to get rid of   
   >system differences, one way to do it is to do it for OPEN-FILE and   
   >then perform INCLUDE-FILE.   
   >   
   >>Using other system-specific means, this word can probably be used to   
   >>organize inter-process communication: when a file descriptor (e.g. a   
   >>pipe) is passed from one process to another and used as the input   
   >>source.  But why do you need to load Forth code this way?   
   >   
   >Heinz Schnitter implemented Open Network Forth, a distributed system,   
   >where the parts communicated by sending Forth source code to each   
   >other.  One could implement that by having network connections   
   >(telnet-style or ssh-style) between the parts, and the receiver could   
   >INCLUDE-FILE the file-id that represents his end of the connection.   
   >However, Open Network Forth was written around 1984, long before   
   >INCLUDE-FILE was standardized.  Bernd Paysan uses ideas from it in his   
   >work, inclluding sending Forth commands between tasks, but AFAIK does   
   >not use INCLUDE-FILE for that.   
      
   In other words. The use of INCLUDE-FILE in the wild has never been   
   seen, except for a factor of INCLUDE.   
      
   >   
   >- anton   
      
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