Re: The IMMEDIATE mess

Albert van der Horst wrote:
In article <12f81n5mc01btf2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Andrew Haley <andrew29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I hate people talking about state-free Forth, and not realising
that numbers are state smart, indicating that you can't get rid
of some form of state altogether.
[snip]

Often what is meant by 'state-free Forth' is 'STATE-free forth'. The
implication being that you can structure a Forth interpreter/compiler
so that there's no need for STATE-smart words that access a traditional
STATE variable. I assume STATE-free Forths are increasingly common
nowadays.

Chuck Moore's approach seems to address various Forth states, not just
interpretation/compilation by using what Jeff Raskin refers to as
quasi-modes, which are sort of a fleeting state change, similar in
concept to holding down a shift key while typing to get uppercase
instead of using the caps-lock key.

Cheers,
Mark Humphries
Manila, Philippines

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