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   Hans Bezemer   wrote:   
      
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   >When I designed 4tH, I got rid of double numbers (and consequently,   
   >mixed numbers as well). Yeah, they have their use in the 16 bit era -   
   >but not anymore. FYI - that was 1994.   
   >   
   >In the 64-bit era, I think we could get rid of double numbers   
   >altogether. Dump the whole thing in a separate wordset and be done with   
   >it. Clean up CORE.   
   >   
   >"Yeah, but don't you know how much code would get broken?" Yeah, I've   
   >heard that song before. Let's keep dragging all that old stuff along   
   >till eternity. You can never have enough technical depth, can you.   
   >   
   >What about a wordset "OBSOLETE", where we can dump all that stuff. Like   
   >WORD, QUERY, EXPECT, CONVERT? So people can still compile their old   
   >stuff without lifting a finger?   
      
   ciforth (meaning i.a. close to iso forth) avoids all deviations from   
   the standard, at the expense of conciseness and elegance.   
   That goes a long way to running most portable programs.   
   One example of a deviation is the mapping of Linux exception numbers   
   to supposedly portable numbers. I use the exception numbers itself.   
      
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   >Hans Bezemer   
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