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Re: pretty code separator line detected!

From: Jerry Avins <jya_at_ieee.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:45:42 -0400

Anil Rodrigues wrote:
> Evidently htere is strange behaviour here;=20
> --------------------------- will put a double no.=20
> on the stack, ie. 0 0;
> - - will subtract 0 from 0,=20
> then 0 from whatever is on the top of stack;=20
> somehow the last "0 -" is OK even if there is nothing=20
> else on the stack !
>
> Interesting
>
> Cheers! Anil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tigujo [mailto:tigujo_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:26 PM
> To: sf
> Cc: tsg
> Subject: [sftalk] pretty code separator line detected!
>
>
> Well, just starting with SwiftForth I tried to find
> 'my style' how to prettify code. And by fortune I
> found this (forgive if you know it already):
>
> ------------------------------- - -
>
> That seems to be a normal separator line, almost as
> good as html ;)
> And it works. Example:=20
>
> \ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dcut =
> here=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> ------------------------------- - -
>
> : ABC ( -- )=20
> ;
>
> ------------------------------- - -
>
> : NEXTWORD
> ;
>
> ------------------------------- - -
>
> : ANDSOON;)
> ;
>
> ------------------------------- - -
>
> \ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dcut =
> here=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> Try & enjoy :)
>
> Gerhard
>
>
>
> =09
> ____________________________________________________
> Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page=20
> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs=20
> =20

To my taste, lines that rerminate with =20 (ASCII ' ' in HEX) or consist
of a string of =3Ds (ASCII '=' in HEX) aren't pretty at all. :-)

Do your messages originate in HTML? _Something_ messes them up.

Jerry

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Received on Mon Aug 15 2005 - 07:46:31 PDT

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