From: the.beez.speaks@gmail.com   
      
   On 03-07-2025 01:59, Paul Rubin wrote:   
   > Hans Bezemer  writes:   
   >> 1. Adding general locals is trivial. It takes just one single line of   
   >> Forth.   
   >   
   > I don't see how to do it in one line, and trivial is a subjective term.   
   > I'd say in any case that it's not too difficult, but one line seems   
   > overoptimistic.  Particularly, you need something like (LOCAL) in the   
   > VM.  The rest is just some extensions to the colon compiler.  Your   
   > mention of it taking 3-4 screens sounded within reason to me, and I   
   > don't consider that to be a lot of code.   
      
   "Short" in my dictionary is. One. Single. Screen. No more. No less (pun   
   intended).   
      
   And this one is one single screen. Even with the dependencies.   
   https://youtu.be/FH4tWf9vPrA   
      
   Typical use:   
      
   variable a   
   variable b   
      
   : divide   
      local a   
      local b   
      
      b ! a ! a @ b @ / ;   
      
   Does recursion, the whole enchilada. One line.   
   Thanks to Fred Behringer - and Albert, who condensed it to a single   
   single line definition. Praise is where praise is due.   
      
   Hans Bezemer   
      
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