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On 1/5/2025 6:52 AM, ahmed wrote:
[..]

1- For exapmple, I can't use [']-a in a colon definition:
defer go

: go1 ..... ;
: use_go ['] go1 is go ;
doesn't work for me.

['] is fine, but you need [IS] , not IS .

2- The forth word latest (gforth) is not defined in iForth:
I used latest in the definition of the forth word fact.
I modified the defintion of fact to get rid of latest.

That is @LATEST

iSPICE> help @LATEST
@LATEST IFORTH
( -- dea )
Get the dictionary entry address of the latest header that was created
in the current wordlist (the one accessed with GET-CURRENT SET-CURRENT )
. ok

3- The forth words place and +place are not defined in iForth:
I borrowed the definitions from gforth.

place is called PACK , +PLACE is called PLACE+ .

So I managed to get it working under: gforth, iForth, vfxForth anf
minforth (MF348).

Ahmed

-marcel
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On 13/07/2026 3:58 am, marcel hendrix wrote:

On 1/5/2025 6:52 AM, ahmed wrote:
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3- The forth words place and +place are not defined in iForth:
I borrowed the definitions from gforth.

place is called PACK , +PLACE is called PLACE+ .

Presumably that's PACK DROP

Just about every forth has PLACE while hardly any have PACK. I have both
as PACK has proven too handy e.g.

: !fn ( a u handle -- a' u' )
>r -blanks max-path umin r> cell+ pack count 2dup upper ;

Have only seen PACK in the odd Euro forth. Anyone know its exact origin?

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On 7/19/2026 7:37 AM, dxf wrote:

On 13/07/2026 3:58 am, marcel hendrix wrote:

On 1/5/2025 6:52 AM, ahmed wrote:
[..]

3- The forth words place and +place are not defined in iForth:
I borrowed the definitions from gforth.

place is called PACK , +PLACE is called PLACE+ .

Presumably that's PACK DROP

Just about every forth has PLACE while hardly any have PACK. I have both
as PACK has proven too handy e.g.

: !fn ( a u handle -- a' u' )
>r -blanks max-path umin r> cell+ pack count 2dup upper ;

Have only seen PACK in the odd Euro forth. Anyone know its exact origin?

PACK ( drop ) was mentioned in the BASIS documents we tracked for the
Dutch tForth project (transputer Forth).

I have learned not to use nice names for (as yet) unstandardized
features because the name or functionality may change.

-marcel
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On 20/07/2026 2:01 am, marcel hendrix wrote:

On 7/19/2026 7:37 AM, dxf wrote:

On 13/07/2026 3:58 am, marcel hendrix wrote:

On 1/5/2025 6:52 AM, ahmed wrote:
[..]

3- The forth words place and +place are not defined in iForth:
I borrowed the definitions from gforth.

place is called PACK , +PLACE is called PLACE+ .

Presumably that's PACK DROP

Just about every forth has PLACE while hardly any have PACK.-a I have both >> as PACK has proven too handy e.g.

-a-a : !fn ( a u handle -- a' u' )
-a-a-a-a >r-a -blanks-a max-path umin-a r> cell+ pack count-a 2dup upper ; >>
Have only seen PACK in the odd Euro forth.-a Anyone know its exact origin? >>

PACK ( drop ) was mentioned in the BASIS documents we tracked for the Dutch tForth project (transputer Forth).

I have learned not to use nice names for (as yet) unstandardized features because the name or functionality may change.

Scanning my files I found CHForth, eForth, Mitch Bradley, had PACK. The last two I didn't expect.

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