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4. Some forth systems don't pass the mentioned testcase: `echo "2 3 + . " | forth`. OTOH, pipe in STDIN means batch mode, so a Forth system should be...

It's better to keep and maintain this information in a data base. A textual data base. I would propose an XML file :) A possible structure (just a sketch): ```...

In reply to @gordonjcp > > In place of S" abc" we can use "abc" and can forget about S" word at all. > > But the space between "prefix"...

[In reply to](./75#issuecomment-420874453) @rdrop-exit > > > So now the discussion is going not about whether it is necessary or not, but about how to better implement it, and what...

> State smartness becomes a problem when you try to postpone a state-smartness immediate word. So the point is to provide another way that allows to not use the state-smartness...

> > > What is your (as a Forth system user) way to add support for the floating point numbers, without recompiling the Forth system? Or the hex numbers in...

[In reply to](#issuecomment-421534398) @rdrop-exit > > > I prefer hex numbers in the form `$ 12df4`. > > > Yes, you just don't have another variant. > > I don't...

> > The only available standard variant is a prefix word. And this word either will be state-smart (bad), or will not work in some states (bad). > That presumably...

[In reply to](#issuecomment-421762131) @rdrop-exit > > > In the meantime, I have no state-smart issues with words like `$` in my Forth: > > > `: $ ( -- u...

> > > > > > I have no `state` variable in my Forth, the `interpreter` would execute the interpret-only one, the `compiler` would execute the directive one. > >...