don@brillig.umd.edu (Don Hopkins) (06/01/90)
In article <9005301341.AA19033@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Mitch Bradley <wmb%MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM@SCFVM.GSFC.NASA.GOV> writes: >This is a statement of historical fact; currently there are commercially >successful systems on both sides of the division fence. Some important >vendors refused to adopt Forth-83. Is that the same fence that causes those infamous "fence post" errors? Or are they called "post fence" errors in Forth? United we stand, divided we fall (no matter what side of the fence we're on). How about adopting balanced tertiary (digits -1, 0, and 1) as the default input base, and roman numerals as the default output base. That'd make everyone the same ammount happy. (deadpan) -Don