Re: HEX-B

Anil Rodrigues wrote:
> Thanks Mike. I got some enlightenment by "Locate B", but still
> wouldn't expect it to be the default.
> Cheers! Anil

Remember that Forth always searches the dictionary before attempting
number conversion. This is because historically in some implementations
there are potential time/space savings by defining common integers (e.g.
0, 1, etc.) as CONSTANTs.

Cheers,
Elizabeth

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