My 2 cents worth on clearing out the stack:

: ..S .S SP@ DEPTH 1- CELL * + SP! ." SP! " ;

best wishes --- Allen Anway

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene LeFave" <gene_at_tekdata.com>
To: <sftalk_at_forth.com>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:48 AM
Subject: [sftalk] Re: clearing the stack

>I have to admit, I don't know a word that does this. There are only a very
> few situations where this might be necessary. But when I need it I just
> throw
> in:
>
> BEGIN DEPTH WHILE DROP REPEAT
>
> You could define this as CLEARSTACK.
>
> If you're at the console just enter qwerty <CR>
>
> Gene
>
>
>
>> I feel silly asking this but... how do you clear the stack?
>>
>> gforth has clearstack.
>>
>> Thanks, Joel
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