Re: $Symbol in Email Explication

The only solution is for everyone using this forum to set their email
clients to send "plain text" only, not html. Also, no attachments are
allowed.

Thanks,
Elizabeth

At 05:30 PM 1/11/02 -0500, you wrote:

>Explication or not, it is impossible to determine which if any '=20' and
>'=3D' are part of the text and which are artifacts of HTML email. Such
>email is an abomination. If I knew how, I would automatically delete it
>upon receipt. If Forth, Inc. knows how, I suggest that they not display
>such communications in this forum. The information they could impart is
>probably outweighed by the confusion that a bad transcription could
>engender. How long did you need to make sense of the line above the
>carets below?
>
>Jerry
>--
>Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Schmitt Louis Jean-Pierre wrote:
> >
> > : $EDITOR (adr, len---) " EDIT " AX$ $! AX$ APPEND$ EXECAX$ ;=3D20
> >
> > I use the symbol $ to make the difference between the treated(manipulated)
> > data. C and C! =3D manipulation of bytes W! And W =3D manipulation of
> words =
> > 16
> > bits and! =3D manipulation of words 32 bits 2 and 2! =3D manipulation
> of wor=
> > ds
>^^^^^
> > 64 bits F F! AX$ bx$ $! =3D transfer of the contents of AX$ towards
> BX$, AX$
> > and BX$ are counted strings. AX$ return adr0, len of the data stack AX$
> > (---adr0, len) AX$ BX$ (---adr0, len0, adr1, len1) $! (Adr0, len0, adr1,
> > len1---) the transfer is securised against owerflow of destination string.
> > Plainly all the instructions which treat(manipulate) chaines of characters
> > end by the symbol $. =20
> >
> > Text in French
> >
> > J'utilise le symbole $ pour faire la diff=E9rence entre les donn=E9es=
> > manipul=E9es.
> > C@ et C! =3D manipulation d'octets
> > W! et W@ =3D manipulation de mots 16 bits
> > @ et ! =3D manipulation de mots 32 bits
> > 2@ et 2! =3D manipulation de mots 64 bits
> >
> > F@ F!
> > AX$ bx$ $! =3D transfert du contenu de AX$ vers BX$, AX$ et BX$
> sont des
> > counted string. =20
> > AX$ return adr0,len of the data stack=20
> > AX$ ( --- adr0,len )
> > AX$ BX$ ( --- adr0,len0,adr1,len1 )
> > $! ( adr0,len0,adr1,len1 --- )=20
> > le transfert est s=E9curis=E9 contre les d=E9bordements.
> >
> > En clair, toutes les instructions qui manipulent des chaines de
> caract=E8res
> > se terminent par le symbole $.
> >
> > Louis Jean-Pierre
> >
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