2026-06-15 00:03:53 <oak         > Thank you lofty xentrac -- that is validating.
2026-06-15 00:05:56 <oak         > I am still confused about "returns the character string specification". I see "character string" in Chapter 2 of course, but I've been noticing "specification" used in places like this and I don't understand what that means in this context.
2026-06-15 00:07:03 <xentrac     > what's the context?
2026-06-15 00:14:45 <oak         > xentrac: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/COUNT
2026-06-15 00:24:27 <xentrac     > ah, yes, it means the start address and the length specifying the character string
2026-06-15 00:24:47 <xentrac     > I don't know if "character string specification" is consistently used that way though
2026-06-15 00:28:13 <oak         > I did a search and it seems to be the only place the term is used.
2026-06-15 00:28:28 <xentrac     > too bad
2026-06-15 00:38:25 <oak         > It's ok: it's an opportunity to make my first comment on the spec. :3
2026-06-15 00:39:07 <xentrac     > haha
2026-06-15 00:39:08 <xentrac     > awesome