Thanks Rick,
The purpose of an alphabetical list would be as a reference, once you
see the word used some place.
I don't have time to do it all at once either, but will try to put it
together as I go learning the system.

thanks again
alberto pasquale

SF Talk wrote:
>
> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 10:45:53 -0800
> From: "Rick VanNorman" <rvn_at_forth.com>
> Subject: Re: Glossary of Words
>
> unfortunately, no. if you would like to volunteer to build
> such a list and publish it either as a help file or an html
> file, i will be glad to help you do it. however, i haven't
> the time to do that much work myself.
>
> the biggest problem with the list is how to organize it.
> a straight alphabetical organization is not going to be
> usable without a very comprehensive cross-reference; and
> anything else requires a great deal of insight.
>
> another problem is that there are a great many words in
> total, almost 4000 of them. and, a percentage (i think
> about half) are used as building blocks only and are not
> generally useful.
>
> rick vannorman
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>
> >From: Alberto Pasquale <alberto_at_hal-pc.org>
> >
> >Hi,
> >A beginner question.
> >I received my copy of Swift.
> >
> >There are words in the system, used in the samples, that I can not find
> >in the help search, or in any other document.
> >For example Z" H! W!
> >By the context in the sample sources, I see what they do.
> >
> >Is there any document that lists all the words in Swift, with a
> >description of what they do?
>

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Received on Sat Dec 25 1999 - 13:56:30 PST