From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at   
      
   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.   
      
   - anton   
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