Re: --------------- ?

You're observing side-effects of a feature that enables acceptance of
common numeric punctuation, e.g., 372-8493 or 229-48-0332 (as well as
8/03/40, 1,234.56 etc.). See Section 4.3 of the SwiftForth Reference
Manual. This has been used in FORTH, Inc. systems since 1973.

Cheers,
Elizabeth

At 08:07 AM 6/15/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:35:36 -0600 (CST)
>From: L Glen Watson <L_Glen_Watson_at_mackenzie.usask.ca>
>Subject: Re: --------------- ?
>
>On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, SF Talk wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:56:13 +0100
>> From: "Charles Melice" <mail_at_forthcad.com>
>> Subject: --------------- ?
>>
>>
>> In SwiftForth, enter the following, then type <ENTER>
>>
>> -------------
>>
>> Now check the stack. What is it ?
>>
>> ________
>> Charles Melice
>> mail_at_forthcad.com
>> http://www.forthcad.com
>>
>When I try this I get two zeros on the stack. Just two, "--"
>causes 2 zeros to be put on the stack
>Glen Watson
>
>
>

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