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Vocabularies

Jorge Janaite Neto edited this page Jul 20, 2021 · 1 revision

Vocabularies

Some definitions from FORTH83 standard (pages 67-68):

Search order : The sequence in which vocabularies are selected when locating a word by name in the dictionary. Consists of one transient and up to three resident vocabularies.

Transient order : Execution of any vocabulary makes it the first vocabulary searched, replacing the previously selected transient vocabulary.

Resident order : After searching the transient order, up to three additional vocabularies may be searched. The application program controls this selection

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