ANS Forth does include file I/O as well as blocks. Back when I worked at FORTH, Inc. we all just used blocks. (also iirc EMPTY-BUFFERS predates ANS Forth, thou

ANS Forth does include file I/O as well as blocks. Back when I worked at FORTH, Inc. we all just used blocks. (also iirc EMPTY-BUFFERS predates ANS Forth, though maybe it wasn't standard then.)