From: the.beez.speaks@gmail.com   
      
   On 12-02-2026 08:24, Anton Ertl wrote:   
   > dxf  writes:   
   > [reformatted to Usenet standards]   
   >   
   >> I get it but IMO f/p isn't something one simply LOADs - even if   
   >> Forth-94 sold it that way as a nod to minimalists.  With the   
   >> exception of folks like me (and perhaps you) who want to be able to   
   >> load a variety of f/p packs, f/p is there when one boots forth.   
   >   
   > SwiftForth before 4.0 (which was only released on 22-Oct-2025) does   
   > not include the FP wordset by default.  VFX Forth before release 5   
   > (released on 24 August 2018) does not include the FP wordset by   
   > default.  SwiftForth 4.x and VFX 5.x include the FP wordset by   
   > default.   
   >   
   > Gforth, iForth, and lxf included the FP wordset by default in all   
   > versions that I have tested.   
   >   
   > - anton   
      
   Neither does 4tH. But that those are already included might be a logical   
   result of recognizing FP numbers in the text interpreter. Think of it:   
   why implement that in a CORE compiler? To what should it compile?   
   Especially since that would require an FP stack (since other   
   implementations have been outlawed since).   
      
   Hans Bezemer   
      
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