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   dxf to Buzz McCool   
   Re: Managing custom words [Re: "Back & F   
   25 Nov 24 16:24:37   
   
   From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 23/11/2024 2:46 am, Buzz McCool wrote:   
   > On 11/19/2024 9:48 AM, Buzz McCool wrote:   
   >> ... Any other tips on word management would be appreciated.   
   >   
   > I found the "Forth Foundation Library": https://github.com/uho/ffl   
   >   
   > Is this still widely used? I ask since all the commits are over a decade old.   
   > ...   
      
   AFAIK it was never widely used.  When the question as to why arose on c.l.f,   
   everyone had an excuse as to why it didn't suit them.  The reluctance in   
   Forth to use others' code goes all the way to Moore himself and extends to   
   things such as the Standard.  Elizabeth comments on the phenomena here:   
      
   https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.forth/c/t7DjpOZkR9M/m/GZbK41I_NA4J   
      
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