Re: [colorforth] Dare I say ANS!

[Mark Slicker <maslicke@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

colorForth is defined to a good extent by which it defies convention.

I don't find the renaming benefitial on its own merit.

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Howerd Oakford wrote:

> Hi All,
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> I would like to make colorForth more standard. Some words make colorForth
> uneccessarily difficult for someone used to more conventional Forths :
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> colorForth   ANS/conventional
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> -                  invert
> copy            blk @ swap copy
> pad             n/a
> erase          erases n blocks starting at blk @
> mark          gild
> i                 i 1 -
> ?dup          ????
> accept        ????
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> I think each word must be judged individually - how about :
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> rename - as invert
> : negate  invert 1+ ;
> : -  negate + ;
> This restores compatibility. It is interesting to note that since "invert"
> fits into 28 bits, source size is not affected.
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> rename pad as kpad:
> It begins a list of words to execute for each key, so a ":" seems right.
> : pad 2000 block ;
> The old idea of pad is still useful, I think.
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> rename erase as bclr ( block clear )
> : erase  ... the usual loop ... ;
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> rename mark as gild ( do Forth, Inc. have copyright on that? ;)
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> Make i return an index from 0 to n-1 instead of 1 to n. I presume this was
> intentional - does any one know why?
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> ?dup - what is this?
> accept - ditto -
> use diferent names for these....
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> I think we should use whatever the ANS form is for 1@, 2@ etc ( c@ w@ I
> think ).
> Does anyone know if "port fetch" has an ANS name? polyForth uses INPUT and
> OUTPUT, p@ and p! is fine by me.
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> Regards
>
> Howerd
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