--- gforth/prims2x.fs	2003/03/22 10:15:49	1.136
+++ gforth/prims2x.fs	2003/05/11 17:17:14	1.137
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 \ (stack-in-index-xt and a test for stack==instruction-stream); there
 \ should be only one.
 
+\ for backwards compatibility, jaw
+require compat/strcomp.fs
+
 warnings off
 
 \ redefinitions of kernel words not present in gforth-0.6.1