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   albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl to ruvim.pinka@gmail.com   
   Re: named wordlist   
   01 Nov 24 13:57:35   
   
   In article ,   
   Ruvim   wrote:   
   >When a word list is created with `vocabulary`, it is associated with a   
   >name, and `order` displays this name in its output.   
   >   
   >When a word list is created by `wordlist`, it is not associated with a   
   >name. Therefore, `order` typically displays a number for that word list,   
   >which is less informative.   
      
   ORDER SEE LOCATE .S are introspective words.   
   They are inseparable from the Forth they belong too.   
   Neither of these words has an output that you can build on to generate   
   other words.   
   So they are "best effort" words, they can be high quality if present   
   in an elaborate system like gforth, or they can be missed at all.   
   In ciforth you can recompile the result of SEE , while other Forth's   
   priority is to give insight of e.g. optimisation.   
      
   >   
   >A Forth system might try to find a constant whose value is identical to   
   >the wid of such word list and display the name of the constant. Do you   
   >know if this approach is used anywhere?   
      
   In view of the above, I consider philosophizing about how to further   
   define the above words futile.   
      
      
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