[comp.lang.forth] Flow Control Words

wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM (01/03/91)

> > prefer to go in the opposite direction, removing some of the syntax
> > that Forth already has (defining words have "one word lookahead" syntax,
> > and control structures have syntax).  Syntax is an impediment to
> > extensibility, and the few syntactic constructs that Forth already
> > has frequently cause problems.

> What is your alternative to control structures? Get CFA from stack?

Yes.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM

UNBCIC@BRFAPESP.BITNET (01/03/91)

> prefer to go in the opposite direction, removing some of the syntax
> that Forth already has (defining words have "one word lookahead" syntax,
> and control structures have syntax).  Syntax is an impediment to
> extensibility, and the few syntactic constructs that Forth already
> has frequently cause problems.

What is your alternative to control structures? Get CFA from stack? I'm really
insterested.

> Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM
                                (8-DCS)
Daniel C. Sobral
UNBCIC@BRFAPESP.BITNET