2022-01-19 05:05:12 <veltas      > sam is actually pretty good so far
2022-01-19 09:09:28 <veltas      > Okay that's enough sam for now, I guess I need to try acme next because sam feels uncomplete to me
2022-01-19 09:09:55 <veltas      > Seems to be missing: tags, keyboard window navigation, and jumpstack
2022-01-19 09:13:38 <dave0       > wanna try my sector forth?
2022-01-19 09:13:40 <dave0       > https://paste.c-net.org/BlazeCombo
2022-01-19 09:13:47 <dave0       > i tested it, it works!
2022-01-19 09:14:07 <veltas      > Advantage of sam is simplicity and flexibility of the non-line-based regular expressions
2022-01-19 09:14:10 <dave0       > i managed to type the whole `hello world` program in, and it worked!
2022-01-19 09:14:47 <veltas      > Sorry got to practice my dancing tonight
2022-01-19 09:15:00 <dave0       > ah!
2022-01-19 09:38:42 <neuro_sys   > I was considering picking up a hobby very contrary to my personality such as dancing or acting too.
2022-01-19 09:41:29 <dave0       > i tried `toastmasters` once, it was fun
2022-01-19 09:43:57 <dave0       > ever heard of that?
2022-01-19 09:44:25 <neuro_sys   > I had never heard of it, checking.
2022-01-19 09:48:13 <veltas      > neuro_sys: I'm dancing because my fiancee wanted to try, not interested in it otherwise. But the first lesson was fun, I'm open minded and trying to enjoy it / not take too seriously
2022-01-19 09:48:57 <veltas      > There was a time when every gentleman knew how so maybe it's good/healthy dunno, healthier than never going out
2022-01-19 09:53:26 <dave0       > you're moving around, that's gotta be good
2022-01-19 15:05:14 <bluekelp_   > c
2022-01-19 15:06:07 <f-a         > :1: Undefined word
2022-01-19 15:06:11 <f-a         > >>>c<<<
2022-01-19 15:18:27 <veltas      > c?
2022-01-19 15:19:30 <f-a         > see
2022-01-19 15:20:39 <veltas      > ok
2022-01-19 15:39:45 <bluekelp_   > lol. /c is my clear screen command.
2022-01-19 15:40:51 <veltas      > https://thedailywtf.com/articles/get_words_from_a_number_which_is_passed_as_a_perimeter_into_this_function
2022-01-19 15:41:10 <veltas      > I do this at work on purpose if someone complains a function/var name is too short
2022-01-19 15:41:38 <veltas      > Okay not quite as long but I make sure it's ugly
2022-01-19 16:14:56 <crc         > My longest function names are a little over 20 characters
2022-01-19 16:16:34 <a88         > how about the longest forth word?
2022-01-19 16:19:42 <f-a         > I bet there is a maximum limit
2022-01-19 16:23:01 <a88         > I mean the longest that you here have used (I think 255 was the limit given a byte for the count)
2022-01-19 16:37:36 <veltas      > Ah sweet Leo Brodie liked my post about the WASHER mug on Facebook
2022-01-19 16:39:12 <veltas      > Usually the limit is lower like 31 or 61, to leave room for flags
2022-01-19 16:46:42 <crc         > Iirc, my longest word names were around 50 characters (mapping to external library functions)
2022-01-19 16:49:52 <veltas      > 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 < that's how long a 61 character name is, aught to be enough
2022-01-19 16:49:59 <veltas      > etc
2022-01-19 16:50:16 <crc         > In my system, retro/nga has no limit to word name apart from free memory (null terminated strings). The new retro/napia is limited to 32767 characters (strings are counted; with a half word).
2022-01-19 16:51:21 <veltas      > A more exotic forth, but it checks out
2022-01-19 16:52:56 <crc         > I prefer to keep names short, but readable.
2022-01-19 17:08:37 <a88         > yes, short but readable I think is the best rule to follow.
2022-01-19 17:12:00 <f-a         > baby
2022-01-19 22:32:44 <dave0       > maw
2022-01-19 22:57:32 <dave0       > want to try sectorFORTH ? it fits in a bootblock... https://paste.c-net.org/BlazeCombo
2022-01-19 23:03:59 <a88         > I want to hook to the interpreter to print a status line (showing the stack, etc) every time I press enter
2022-01-19 23:04:40 <a88         > of course this is only if I run STATUSBAR which enables the hook
2022-01-19 23:05:21 <a88         > some forths provide hook-xxx that you can set to run what you want...any ideas on doing this in other forths?
2022-01-19 23:06:37 <dave0       > is there a hook for printing the "ok" prompt? maybe you could make that print your status line
2022-01-19 23:09:16 <a88         > I'll look in the source and see how the ok is generated...other ideas?
2022-01-19 23:15:09 <a88         > hmmm...found the word for printing "ok" but redefining it doesn't do anything because it is not DEFERed so the calles uses the old definition...hmm
2022-01-19 23:15:26 <a88         > calles=caller