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- From: larry@tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Larry Maturo)
- Subject: Re: Documenting
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:24:56 GMT
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- In article <1492@eouk9.eoe.co.uk> ahaley@eoe.co.uk (Andrew Haley) writes:
- ...
-
- >If others prefer text files, that's great, but I resent the
- >implication that I haven't moved to text files because of laziness.
- >It's because blocks work best for my uses. If others use text files
- >that doesn't bother me at all.
- >
-
- ...
-
- You never really explained why blocks work best for your uses. Being new to
- Forth I would really like to hear the reasoning behind your preference. I
- currently prefer files becuase I've never seen any good explanation for why I
- should want to use blocks and they are currently unfamilar to me while files
- arn't. Also, there does not appear to be a good standard for Forth block editors
- that is anywhere near as powerful as many text file editors. There may be great
- ones around, but they do not appear to be standard (I could be wrong on this, my
- knowledge is limited to the block editor in Starting Forth which does not appear
- to be very powerful).
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