From: the.beez.speaks@gmail.com   
      
   On 03-05-2025 18:02, Anton Ertl wrote:   
    >>   : QUIT -56 THROW ;   
    >   
    > That would not be a standard system, because in a standard system QUIT   
    > must do what 6.1.2050 QUIT says, and "-56 THROW" is not a correct   
    > implementation of that.   
      
   Well, Ed and Anton - that's the fun of implementing Forth using a   
   deviant architecture: it will never, ever be a standard system..   
      
   It's like the Woz said: "There is some freedom in getting away" ;-)   
      
   Hans Bezemer   
      
   P.S. That doesn't mean I see no value in the standard. After all, there   
   is great value in running standard code on a non-standard system IMHO.   
      
   Hans Bezemer   
      
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