Mike Ghan wrote:
> Just as in the startup code:
>
> : CLR-STK S0 @ SP! ;
>
> Mike
>
So, the answer is, just use CLR-STK. It's unclear what Joel's context
is. It's obviously necessary for the system to do this on occasion
(initialization, error recovery, etc.), and potentially a command-line
convenience, but as Rick points out, it can cause trouble if used in
code. In general, it's a bad idea to write code that depends on some
particular stack condition, because that makes a context-dependency that
severely limits the utility of words.

Cheers,
Elizabeth
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com [mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf
> Of Joel Reymont
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 9:11 AM
> To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> Subject: [sftalk] clearing the stack
>
> I feel silly asking this but... how do you clear the stack?
>
> gforth has clearstack.
>
> Thanks, Joel
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