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- From: xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters)
- Subject: Re: Environmental Queries
- Message-ID: <jbcn=qr.xtifr@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 06:15:38 GMT
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- References: <4007.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us> <l6+n+w-.xtifr@netcom.com> <BtLzu5.11x@starnine.com>
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- In <BtLzu5.11x@starnine.com> mikeh@starnine.com (Mike Haas) writes:
-
- >In article <l6+n+w-.xtifr@netcom.com> xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters) writes:
- >>The current definition of ``ENVIRONMENT?'' seems very poor to me, and I
- >>think that either of Brad's proposals here would provide an excellent
- >>and robust alternative.
-
- >I heartily agree. It always seemed to me that ENVIRONMENT? came into
- >existance to satisfy one person's needs, with no more thought going into
- >how to make it more general purpose.
-
- One person's needs? I don't know about that. I think that it fits
- a very real need that I and a lot of other people have felt. I just
- don't think it fits that need very well.
-
- Although, if S" were defined as interactive in the CORE wordset, rather
- than only if the FILE wordset is defined, ENVIRONMENT? would make a lot
- more sense to me. And the ambiguity about S" would exist even if
- ENVIRONMENT? were changed. Which is why I would favor a change in S",
- rather than a change in ENVIRONMENT?
-
- >It's a king of function that needs to be thought out very well before
- >being standardized.
-
- Well, personally, I'd rather see something more like the PACKAGE feature
- of Modula II. But that might be overkill for Forth. :-)
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