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   mhx to minforth   
   Re: value-flavoured structures   
   27 Sep 24 09:38:09   
   
   From: mhx@iae.nl   
      
   On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 8:51:05 +0000, minforth wrote:   
      
   > I don't know what compiler you use, but my values and locals   
   > are certainly not boxed. TO et al (+TO *TO := *= ++ += *+) will   
   > inspect their type and generate the appropriate machine code   
   > without me having to change the source code if I change the type.   
      
   You mean ...   
      
   44e fvalue a   
   1 +TO a   
      
   .. works?   
      
   -marcel   
      
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