In SwiftForth (and legacy PolyForth systems) this
function was known as AKA.

: AKA
   ' >CODE HEADER ,JMP ;

To use:

AKA Existing-word New-alias

Rick

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On 2/14/2002 at 11:27 AM david.van.den.berg_at_uk.pwcglobal.com wrote:

>Does someone know what the high-level definition of ALIAS is?
>
>thanks
>David

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