The GForth documentation addresses this. [0] Forth is simply adopting a different use of 'then' than the one more commonly seen in programming languages, but it

The GForth documentation addresses this. [0] Forth is simply adopting a different use of 'then' than the one more commonly seen in programming languages, but it's still faithful to English. [0] https://gforth.org/manual/Selection.html https://gforth.org/manual/Selection.html See also the StackOverflow thread on this topic: https://stackoverflow.com/q/12539634/ https://stackoverflow.com/q/12539634/