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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 program
by rpcope1 1y ago
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.
- tarkin2 1y agoI 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.