Frank Buss <fb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Elizabeth D Rather wrote:
>>> For me it looks better to push the high value as the last item on
stack,
>>> because then I can just drop it, if not needed, instead of "swap drop"
>>
>> Yes, that's exactly why the order is as it is (that was also
>> overwhelming common practice when the rule was written)
> Thanks.
>> Probably ficl has a lot of dependencies on the order they chose.
> Yes, but only for words involving double cells. A normal cell is 32 bit
in
> ficl, so I hope there are not many other problems.
> Is ficl an ANS Forth System, if this double difference is not mentioned?
No, it can't be.
> There is a compliance do***ent:
> http://ficl.sourceforge.net/dpans.html
> but I can't find the different order in it. Is there an independant
> organization, who can test for ANS Forth compliance?
No. There is an independent testsuite somewhere, but I have no idea
how complete it is.
Andrew.
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