From: do-not-use@swldwa.uk   
      
   On 25/10/2025 12:36, dxf wrote:   
   > Put the following into a file and then load it:   
   >   
   > 1   
   >   
   > 0 [IF]   
   >   
   > 2   
   >   
   > 0 [IF]   
   >   
   > 3   
   >   
   > [THEN]   
   >   
   > .S   
   >   
   >   
   > I'm stunned at how many forths won't handle it.  Caught me by surprise.   
      
   Using the implementation in the standard there are a few strange   
   behaviours with [if] e.g putting the above into 1 line for convenience   
      
   1 0 [if] 2 0 [if] 3 [then] \ this [then] .s \ ought to be ignored   
      
   In all Forths I tried the [then] in the comment is found by the first   
   [if] control starts interpreting and displays 1 so that the "ought to be   
   ignored" has to be commented out.   
      
   Also:   
      
   [else] can be used as a   
   multi-line comment [then]   
      
   --   
   Gerry   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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