I use:
8 8 + .
though not fool proof.
I have though of using the top line of the screen
for status information which would include BASE ...
I have come to think other languages better
than FORTH for accepting numbers which
indicate their base, like $03D0 or FDEDH
there is probably some compelling reason for
forth not to do so...
>
>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:19:41 -0600
>From: David Brown <dbrown_at_nmia.com>
>Subject: Re: Base never seems to change ???
>
>David Brown
>dbrown_at_nmia.com
>
>Here's my two cents:
>
>: base? base @ dup decimal . base ! ;
>
>Print the base in decimal and immediately restore it to what it was.
>I like Mr. Wongs solution. Very strait forward.
>
>SF Talk wrote:
>>
>> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:26:06 -0400
>> From: "Wong, Leo" <LRW_at_mail3.cs.state.ny.us>
>> Subject: RE: Base never seems to change ???
>>
>> If I remember right, Wil Baden once told me to use:
>>
>> 10 1- .
>>
>> Leo Wong
>> http://www.albany.net/~hello
>>

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Received on Mon Oct 25 1999 - 17:26:21 PDT