From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 22/02/2026 2:35 am, Hans Bezemer wrote:   
   > ...   
   > IMHO opinion standards are only useful if they have to be transferred - from   
   person to person or from platform to platform. I can't say I haven't benefited   
   from that idea in one way or another. But like you said - let's keep its true   
   value realistic    
   and pragmatic.   
      
   The standard is useful to me to the extent there's a bunch of words I don't   
   have to adjust or translate in order to get some code I encounter working   
   without having to tear my hair out.  OTOH were I follower that depended on   
   standards for features and portability in the way users of other languages   
   do, I would be less satisfied.  The standard Forth offers is akin to a Swiss   
   cheese whose holes increase in size as individual forths attempt to fill the   
   gaps.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)