[SLOF] [PATCH] slof/engine.in: remove the "COMPILE" keyword

Kautuk Consul kconsul at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Jan 23 20:48:30 AEDT 2024


On 2024-01-23 10:43:48, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 23/01/2024 10.38, Kautuk Consul wrote:
> > "COMPILE" isn't being used anywhere in the Forth code as it is
> > currently only being used for "+COMP" and "-COMP" keywords.
> > Remove this keyword definition and use the standard "DOTICK <word> COMPILE,"
> > mechanism as is being used by the rest of the compiler.
> 
> "compile" is defined by IEEE 1275, so I doubt that we should remove it?
> 
>  Thomas
Oh yes it is. So we can keep that keyword for maintaining the standard.
But can we at least use DOTICK <word> COMPILE, for +COMP and -COMP
as that seems to be more efficient than utilizing the return stack in
the "COMPILE" does ?
> 
> 


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