Re: clearing the stack

From: Ron Oliver <ron_at_forth.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:00:49 -0500

Joel Reymont wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Elizabeth D Rather wrote:
>
>> So, the answer is, just use CLR-STK. It's unclear what Joel's context
>> is.
>
> I'm sorry if I didn't make it clear. This is just a shortcut for
> interactive use.
>
> I felt that typing garbage into the prompt was cheating :-).

Not at all! We do it all the time. It's a well-defined behavior. It's
not even an "environmental dependency" (cheating. ;-)

There's nothing like a good, violent
azs;oldeujas;fljk
(with a loud bang on the Enter key to finish it) to clear the stack and
your frustrations simultaneously. Choice expletives (not in the Forth
dictionary) work well too.

-- 
Ron Oliver
Consulting Engineer
FORTH, Inc.
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