2022-02-02 02:29:37 <veltas      > joe9: The result is less code, that's the argument. VALUE vars are smaller in colon words and TO can be optimised as well.
2022-02-02 02:30:59 <veltas      > I personally think it's a little less Forth'y, and there is no standard word for getting the address
2022-02-02 02:33:12 <veltas      > If someone uses it I don't immediately dislike the code but I've found myself not using it
2022-02-02 08:39:57 <joe9        > I was reading the paper in Forth dimensions about it and it seemed to be a nice feature to have.
2022-02-02 09:40:24 <joe9        > aware of any forth dhcp client source?
2022-02-02 09:41:34 <Zarutian_HTC> joe9: OpenFirmware netboot code might have such?
2022-02-02 09:41:45 <joe9        > good idea, thansk
2022-02-02 09:41:49 <joe9        > thanks
2022-02-02 09:49:51 <joe9        > do you have any preferences between openboot vs openfirmware from a forth perspective?
2022-02-02 09:50:01 <Zarutian_HTC> nope
2022-02-02 09:50:07 <joe9        > code quality, easier to understand , etc.
2022-02-02 09:51:07 <Zarutian_HTC> I like to trace the history and changes in the code over time
2022-02-02 09:59:41 <joe9        > I like openboot's code. easier to follow, it seems. first opinions though.
2022-02-02 11:52:05 <lagash      > veltas: you mean you don't IMMEDIATEly dislike their code? (:
2022-02-02 12:02:06 <joe9        > any opinions on LaForth?
2022-02-02 12:09:27 <Zarutian_HTC> first I heard of it
2022-02-02 12:09:39 <joe9        > supposed to have some cool ideas.
2022-02-02 12:09:46 <joe9        > thinking forth mentions it in chapter 2
2022-02-02 12:10:36 <joe9        > query reads a word at a time instead of the whole line
2022-02-02 12:11:58 <joe9        > https://old.reddit.com/r/Forth/comments/7f36xs/forth_family_tree/
2022-02-02 13:24:32 <joe9        > any recommendations on reading material for forth data structures?
2022-02-02 13:26:16 <f-a         > mhhh I recall some doc about algos and data structures but forgot the name ;_; sorry
2022-02-02 13:28:29 <joe9        > anyone has a pdf of forth application techniques by Rather
2022-02-02 13:28:33 <joe9        > ?
2022-02-02 13:37:33 <joe9        > good read http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/551.jvn.fall01/Forth_Is.pdf
2022-02-02 14:21:27 <rockmechanic> thanks, it looks interesting
2022-02-02 15:27:43 <veltas      > lagash: very funny :P
2022-02-02 18:54:06 <joe9        > which convention is normal !a or a! to denote a word that stores something at a
2022-02-02 18:54:27 <joe9        > c a ! is what the word does.
2022-02-02 18:54:39 <joe9        > not sure what the naming convention is normally used.
2022-02-02 18:58:04 <remexre     > I do A!, cf DEFER!