Peter Fox wrote: > It's not obvious from the documentation (page 86) that > > interpret/compile: > > creates an immediate word.
It does not, at least in the ANS Forth meaning of "immediate". > Also the decompiler leaves the : off. > (see interpret/compile: does though: > see interpret/compile: > : interpret/compile: > Create > immediate At least (factors of) POSTPONE and ', but possibly also the text interpreter special-case interpret/compile: words, so the "immediate" here and some other stuff in the definition of interpret/compile: have little or no consequence. For more background on this stuff read http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/papers/ertl98.ps.gz > I like gforth! Thank you. - anton --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
