Elizabeth D Rather <erather@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> You do not say what version of Forth you're using,
It's my 2003 eMac's boot monitor. Open Firmware's built-in forth
> but in the
> implementations I'm familiar with, BUFFER: is equivalent to the sequence
>
> CREATE <name> <number of bytes> ALLOT
I can't tell how buffer: is implemented on my computer. When I type "see
buffer:" I get:
: buffer:
bd ^ff85.93c3 ^ff84.f258 ^ff85.93ff ; ok
0 > see bd
bd, unknown word
[...]
^ff85.93c3, unknown word
... and so it goes, setting ever more puzzles but yielding no answers
Open Firmware guards its secrets well.. should be called Closed Shop.