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Basic mini-oof.fs Usage

There is a base class (class, which allocates one cell for the object pointer) plus seven other words: to define a method, a variable, a class; to end a class, to resolve binding, to allocate an object and to compile a class method. 

object       -- a-addr         mini-oof       ``object''
object is the base class of all objects. 
method       m v "name" -- m' v         mini-oof       ``method''
Define a selector. 
var       m v size "name" -- m v'         mini-oof       ``var''
Define a variable with size bytes. 
class       class -- class selectors vars         mini-oof       ``class''
Start the definition of a class. 
end-class       class selectors vars "name" --         mini-oof       ``end-class''
End the definition of a class. 
defines       xt class "name" --         mini-oof       ``defines''
Bind xt to the selector name in class class. 
new       class -- o         mini-oof       ``new''
Create a new incarnation of the class class. 
::       class "name" --         mini-oof       ``colon-colon''
Compile the method for the selector name of the class class (not immediate!).