billk@crash.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly) (07/18/87)
Roumor has it that FST (Forth Standards Team) has gone into their
"technical proposal" phase for the next Forth standard. I believe, but
am not sure, that the next standard will leave the existing '83 standard
pretty much alone. If I remember correctly, they are working on covering
extensions to Forth. Things like floating point, file i/o stuff, etc.
Anyone have ideas about extensions they'd like to see covered in the next
standard? (Or, for that matter, gripes about Forth-83?)
I personally like Forth-83 alot. It's ever so much better than things that
were around before. (Before '79, especially!)
Anyone have any coments on the standard ANSI is doing for Forth?
Bill
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Bill Kelly {hplabs!hp-sdd, ihnp4, sdcsvax}!crash!billk
"I hate operating systems!" --GMKliebman@xrxns.UUCP (Chris Liebman) (07/19/87)
In article <1403@crash.CTS.COM> billk@crash.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly) writes: > I believe, but >am not sure, that the next standard will leave the existing '83 standard >pretty much alone. Gee, I had hoped that they would do somthing to address 32-bit machines. Only being able to use 16bit values puched on the stack or addresses sure cripples machines like the mc68020 and probably the vax too.. -- Chris UUCP: ..!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!xrxns!liebman
tenney@well.UUCP (Glenn S. Tenney) (07/23/87)
In article <1403@crash.CTS.COM> billk@crash.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly) writes: > >Roumor has it that FST (Forth Standards Team) has gone into their >"technical proposal" phase for the next Forth standard. I believe, but >am not sure, that the next standard will leave the existing '83 standard >pretty much alone. If I remember correctly, they are working on covering >extensions to Forth. Things like floating point, file i/o stuff, etc. >... >Bill Kelly {hplabs!hp-sdd, ihnp4, sdcsvax}!crash!billk > > "I hate operating systems!" --GMK Hmmm... As a referee of the FST, this is news to me. I haven't heard anything about any effort by the FST. Maybe you know more about it than I do, since, as I understand it, you are related to the "GMK" mentioned in your .signature (GMK = Guy Kelly, President of the FST). If Guy is doing something officially or otherwise, I for one would like to be told about it directly rather than innuendo and supposed rumor. Glenn Tenney p.s. Contrary to Guy Kelly's incorrect statement, I was the only member of the FST to officially vote (in writing and received in a timely fashion by the secretary of the FST) in opposition to the '83 standard.