Re: Fixed-point math, ANS, DPL and Win32Forth

On Apr 2, 10:44=A0pm, Alex McDonald <b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 2, 8:17 am, m_l...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
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> > Historically, there has been the variable DPL acquiring its value as a
> > side efect of number conversion.
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> > For example,
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> > 1000 \ single, dpl=3D-1
> > 1000. \ double, dpl=3D0
> > 10.00 \ double, dpl=3D2
>
> > So,
> > 1) Why DPL is not in the standard?
> > 2) Why DPL is not in Win32Forth?
>
> DP-LOCATION in Version 6 and prior, DPL in the STC version.
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> --
> Regards
> Alex McDonald

In both cases they're VALUEs rather than a VARIABLE, so code
that uses them would be different.

George Hubert