From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at   
      
   Hans Bezemer  writes:   
   >Extending the functionality of already defined words (in previous   
   >wordsets) was always a weak point of ANS-94. I don't know if other   
   >language standards use this, but I don't feel comfortable with   
   >"redefining" or "extending" words.   
      
   Most other standards don't try to cater to small implementations as   
   much as the Forth standard does.  It's pretty pointless, though: Big   
   implementations implement almost everything, and small implementations   
   pick and choose from the standard requirements anyway, even among the   
   requirements for CORE words.  The CORE wordset has only been a   
   goalpost for peoplle who implement Forth as an exercise.   
      
   >I still think that meddling with the text interpreter is a big no-no and   
   >an invitation to disaster. Never leave to a computer that which a   
   >programmer can signify as his intent.   
      
   Recognizers provide additional ways for programmers to signify as   
   their intent.   
      
   - anton   
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