Re: DISFAVORED Was: name for 3 PICK finally?

Op Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:54:51 -0400 schreef Jerry Avins:

> Albert van der Horst wrote:
> 
>    ...
> 
>> Note:
>> In this mind set, there is no exception handler for numbers.
>> 823456 is found in the dictionary, as the prefix-word  8.
>> 8 takes care of the parsing of the remainder.
>> The advantage is of course that adding some other notation that
>> results in a  number ( $67AF  comes to mind) is decoupled from
>> carnal knowledge of the interpreter.
> 
> How is a constant named 8lunch handled?
> 
If it exists, it's found. If it doesn't, it's an error, the denotation 8
can't convert it to a literal in the current base ;-)

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