[comp.lang.forth] Length of Forth words

wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley) (01/28/91)

> 1.   What is (should be) the mean number of words [per] non primitive word
>  definitions?

Eight, based on some measurements that I did a while ago.


> 2.   What is (should be) the mean number of machine instructions in a
> primitive word?

About 4 or 5, but rather machine-dependent, based on a educated guess.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM