Re: I beleive that forth could supplant ruby and perl and python if it wanted to

Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@xxxxxx> wrote:
Andrew Haley wrote:

over + swap ?do dup c@ i c! 1+ loop drop

A bit simpler, use all idioms you have:

: move ( src dest len -- )
bounds ?do count i c! loop drop ;

Looks perfect, just 7 words.

I'm a great believer in what Brodie called "cliches". OVER + SWAP is
one such: I just know what it does, I don't see it as three words with
a stack action. As for the abuse of COUNT... :-)

Andrew.
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