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Re:Implementing a Forth by entaloneralie on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @05:29PM (#44174953)
It's useful for programming with functions to return many elements at once.

I program in forth for a living, and that has been one of my favourite advantage, multiple returns without unecessary re-bindings.

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Re:Implementing a Forth by kragen on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @06:08PM (#44175323)
I thought you fixed a sailboat for a living :)
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Re:Implementing a Forth by entaloneralie on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @07:42PM (#44175939)
That's where all my savings are going, same difference Kragen ;)
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Re:Implementing a Forth by kragen on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @09:10AM (#44180378)
They say a boat is a hole in the water into which you pour
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