From: papa@sdf.org   
      
   anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes:   
      
   > David Meyer  writes:   
   >>The only thing that still mystifies me is why a seemingly basic word   
   >>like u/ wasn't added until so recently.   
   >   
   > The standard has UM/MOD (and that has been in Gforth from the start)   
   > if / does not satisfy your needs.   
   >   
   > Actually IIRC we did not add U/ because of user demand, but mainly   
   > because of implementation (speed of U/ vs UM/MOD on various CPUs) and   
   > completeness considerations.   
      
   I see I should have read Starting Forth more carefully.   
      
   Thanks for the background on U/.   
      
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   David Meyer   
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