From: do-not-use@swldwa.uk   
      
   On 20/04/2025 09:18, Paul Rubin wrote:   
   > anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes:   
   >> : DECIMAL ( -- )   10 BASE ! ;   
   >> does not contain an invocation of DECIMAL before this use of "10".   
   >   
   > : DECIMAL ( -- ) 5 5 + BASE ! ;   
   >   
   > should usually work.   
      
   As part of the Forth test suite there is a preliminary test program to   
   be run before the Hayes core tests intended to aid in the development of   
   a Forth systems with as few assumptions as possible, including not   
   assuming the value of BASE. Having tested 0 and 1+ the system is set to   
   decimal by:   
      
   0 1+ 1+ BASE !   
   It then tests BASE = 2, then   
   1010 BASE !   
   should always work   
      
   --   
   Gerry   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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