Ah, I see it in the notes: "if is executed as a primitive when preceded by two literal quotations". Sorry for the noise : )
26.01.2018, 11:56, "Alexander Ilin" <ajs...@yandex.ru>: > Hello! > > I was looking through the documentation, and something drew my attention. > > Definition > IN: kernel > : if > ( ..a ? true: ( ..a -- ..b ) false: ( ..a -- ..b ) -- ..b ) > ? call ; > > Definition > IN: kernel > : ? ( ? true false -- true/false ) rot [ drop ] [ nip ] if ; > inline > > How is it possible that these two words are defined using each other? > Shouldn't the world explode when that happens? ---=====--- Александр ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
