Re: SwiftForth Survey

Rick VanNorman wrote:
> Hi Group--
>
> Please help us determine the next set of features and updates to
> Swiftforth by answering the following questions:
>
> [snipping "uninteresting" questions ;]
>
> 8. What features would you like to see?
>

This is more a comment on Forth in general than SwiftForth in particular.

I'd like to see BASIC-like string functions such as LEFT$, RIGHT$, MID$
and INSTR$ as part of the distribution package. (an optional
wordset/vocabulary?)

It would be icing on cake if a number entered with decimal point was
handled as double with the decimal/binary point automatically in right
place. I'm not sure this is even possible as an optional wordset and
have it "play well" with a standard compliant base.

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Received on Sat Apr 19 2008 - 05:31:52 PDT