Re:Forth: The programming language that writes itself
by rpcope1 on Sunday October 19, 2025 @11:34PM
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This is probably why you see things like locals get used a lot as modern Forth programs grow. It doesn't have to be brutal early days Chuck Moore genius programs, but I guess you start getting away from the original ethos.
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Re:Forth: The programming language that writes itself
by tarkin2 on Monday October 20, 2025 @02:41AM
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I think even with locals you're still mentally dealing with a few items on the stack in each word usually. But, yes, locals do help you from passing around items from word to word: you see the usage of the local far easier than you see the location of the stack elements.