From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 3/07/2025 9:59 am, 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.   
      
   Here's mine which is probably typical.  Users load it on demand - though   
   as yet I've not seen anyone do so.   
      
   https://pastebin.com/QCJHyJXK   
      
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