From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 27/04/2025 7:36 pm, Hans Bezemer wrote:   
   > On 26-04-2025 04:37, dxf wrote:   
   >> On 26/04/2025 2:34 am, Hans Bezemer wrote:   
   >>> ...   
   >>> Yeah, I have helped to make a proposal for PLACE and +PLACE - which never   
   even made it to the voting stage.   
   >>   
   >> It's a nice symmetry.  OTOH the remaining vendors use APPEND and why   
   should they change?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Yes, it has symmetry with ! and +!, TO and +TO - that's why I like it (plus   
   APPEND is already taken in 4tH for signalling file append mode ;-)   
   >   
   > Why should they change it? Well, it has just become *THE STANDARD.*   
   >   
   > Poor man's solution : +PLACE APPEND ;   
   > Hans' solution:       AKA APPEND +PLACE   
   > ANS 2012 solution:    SYNONYM +PLACE APPEND   
      
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