--- gforth/Attic/gforth.texi 1994/06/17 12:35:02 1.3 +++ gforth/Attic/gforth.texi 1994/08/10 17:22:37 1.4 @@ -437,6 +437,12 @@ system that only supplies @code{THEN} is : endif POSTPONE then ; immediate @end example +[According to Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary, then (adv.) has the +following meanings: ... 2b: following next after in order ... 3d: as a +necessary consequence (if you were there, then you saw them). Forth's +@code{THEN} has the meaning 2b, @code{THEN} in Pascal and many other +programming languages has the meaning 3d.] + We also provide the words @code{?dup-if} and @code{?dup-not-if}, so you can avoid using @code{?dup}. @@ -550,9 +556,9 @@ The loop is terminated when the border b @var{limit} is crossed. However, @code{S+LOOP} is not part of the ANS Forth standard. -The @code{?DO} can be replaced by @code{DO}. @code{DO} enters the loop -even when the start and the limit value are equal. We do not recommend -using @code{DO}. It will just give you maintenance troubles. +@code{?DO} can be replaced by @code{DO}. @code{DO} enters the loop even +when the start and the limit value are equal. We do not recommend using +@code{DO}. It will just give you maintenance troubles. FOR NEXT UNLOOP