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   dxf to albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl   
   Re: Division on riscv   
   13 Nov 25 22:24:33   
   
   From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 13/11/2025 8:58 pm, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
   > In article <6915a4cf$1@news.ausics.net>, dxf   wrote:   
   >> On 12/11/2025 9:13 pm, minforth wrote:   
   >    
   >>> Discussions like this remind me of the saying, ‘fly with the   
   >>> eagles or scratch with the chickens’. Getting worked up about remainder   
   >>> or modulus after decades of Forth doesn't get us anywhere, it's only   
   >>> good for the chickens. There are other 'eagle' areas that need work,   
   >>> such as libraries.   
   >>>   
   >>> But Forth no longer has the critical mass for eagle topics, neither in   
   >>> the software industry nor in the open source or hobby sector.   
   >>>   
   >>> But to remain constructive: it is positive that at least the existing   
   >>> standard is being maintained.   
   >>   
   >> Protected, yes.  It should be renamed the FSC - Forth Security Council.   
   >>   
   >   
   > There are sufficient eagles here.   
      
   Is that what they call themselves?   
      
   > Your remark make me suspect that   
   > you have not much real life experience in the field.   
      
   What field is that?  Luckily I never reached the level where I had to kiss ass.   
      
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