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   Hans Bezemer   wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   Although 'local variables' like this are much preferred (superior) ,   
   LOCAL (value) is what is asked for.   
   If you don't have the akward, forward parsing TO already defined, you   
   are bound to do more work.   
      
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   >Hans Bezemer   
      
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