DAVID@PENNDRLS.BITNET (01/24/91)
(How's that for a subject on a computer language discussion group? :-) Mitch: Given that one of the characteristics of FORTH that you cannot take away and still have FORTH is the ability to add structures to the language and have them look just like 'native' structures, I think that the lack of SO/STILL or some such completion of the conditional branch wordset is more like a house that has a fireplace that heats the most important parts of the house but lacks the central air that would manage the whole job elegantly :-). To get a true picture of the scale you have to remember that it is not 'two words' that are missing, but the *completion* that is missing. I applaud your efforts to get SO/STILL added to the standard, and if votes from the BB community will help your case you have mine. I agree that this is an important item to get into the standard. -- R. David Murray (DAVID@PENNDRLS.BITNET, DAVID@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU)