From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 25/06/2025 3:38 pm, Paul Rubin wrote:   
   > dxf  writes:   
   >> Forth forces an average programmer to adopt a level of organisation   
   >> sooner than a locals- based language.  I suspect forthers that promote   
   >> locals are well aware forth is readable and maintainable but are   
   >> pursuing personal agendas of style which requires implying the   
   >> opposite.   
   >   
   > IDK, I've seen some unreadable Forth code that was written by experts.   
   > Whether locals could have helped, I don't know.   
      
   Define 'unreadable'.  In general I don't need to understand the nitty   
   gritty of a routine.  But should I and no stack commentary exists, I've   
   no objections to creating it.  It's par for the course in Forth.  If it   
   bugged me I wouldn't be doing Forth.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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