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I'm curious, what kind of messing with the return stack are you talking about? The only thing forthy2 does that is slightly out of the ordinary is TCO.
by codr7 7y ago
I'm curious, what kind of messing with the return stack are you talking about?
The only thing forthy2 does that is slightly out of the ordinary is TCO.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 7y agoIn eforth doVAR is R>
- codr7 7y agoAh yes, hardcore Forthers do seem to take pride in finding the absolute smallest number of fundamental building blocks. There comes a point, though; where pretending everything is the same complicates rather than simplifies.
- notduncansmith 7y agoWhile I would rather call it acknowledging than pretending, I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment and consider this one of the most prevalent and pernicious fallacies of system design (though I may only feel that way because it had such a strong hold on me for so long).
- codr7 7y agoRabbit holes, you can spot them in most projects. Where someone got carried away with some sort of enlightenment. Oh, I know, everything is X. Well, no. Everything is, and always will be.