This is an obsolete reference to a project for which the first version of
the Help system was developed. This help system is obsolete in many
respects, and has been removed from current releases of SwiftX in favor of
full access to source and the manuals in on-line form.

Cheers,
Elizabeth

At 08:49 AM 3/27/01 -0600, Dennis W. Bulgrien wrote:

> >From the Forth Language Help System, Explanation of Stack Diagrams, the
> following paragraph contains undefined acronyms, OTA and
>VM. Anybody know what they stand for?
>
>"OTA is based on an architecture incorporating push-down stacks ("Last In,
>First Out" lists). The data stack is used primarily for
>passing parameters between procedures. The return stack is used primarily
>for system functions such as procedure return addresses,
>loop parameters, etc. The VM contains other specialised stacks that are
>described elsewhere."
>--
>Dennis W. Bulgrien, Engineer Mailto:dbulgrien_at_vcsd.com
>VertexRSI, Controls and Structures http://www.vcsd.com
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