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|    Re: Conditional compilation    |
|    30 Oct 25 22:11:47    |
      From: do-not-use@swldwa.uk              On 30/10/2025 16:24, Gerry Jackson wrote:       > Surprisingly (to me at least) the existing multi-line comment using       > parentheses ( and ) can be synonyms of [ELSE].              This isn't quite true as ) is not a Forth word, The word ( parses for       the character ) and so ) need not have space(s) on both sides of it.              --       Gerry              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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