00:00:00 --- log: started forth/17.03.31 01:10:06 --- join: luser1 (~luser1@h69-21-248-248.crlbnm.broadband.dynamic.tds.net) joined #forth 01:22:50 --- join: true-grue (~true-grue@176.14.222.10) joined #forth 02:00:28 --- quit: John[Lisbeth] (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 02:06:49 --- quit: nighty- (Quit: Disappears in a puff of smoke) 03:22:51 --- join: lisbeth (~user@2601:601:8f01:a6a0:d82a:d651:1ec1:2e5a) joined #forth 03:23:46 --- quit: ACE_Recliner (Remote host closed the connection) 03:46:49 --- quit: luser1 (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 03:55:55 --- join: GeDaMo (~GeDaMo@212.225.127.213) joined #forth 03:58:12 --- quit: wa5qjh (Remote host closed the connection) 04:02:21 --- join: wa5qjh (~Thunderbi@121.54.90.157) joined #forth 04:38:13 --- quit: wa5qjh (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 04:39:40 --- join: wa5qjh (~Thunderbi@121.54.90.157) joined #forth 04:53:01 --- join: nighty- (~nighty@s229123.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp) joined #forth 04:59:46 --- quit: wa5qjh (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 05:57:16 --- join: vsg1990 (~vsg1990@static-72-88-80-103.bflony.fios.verizon.net) joined #forth 06:05:18 --- quit: ricky_ricardo (Remote host closed the connection) 06:10:59 --- join: logiqub (~victor@AMontsouris-559-1-36-138.w90-24.abo.wanadoo.fr) joined #forth 06:43:25 --- join: Zarutian (~zarutian@168-110-22-46.fiber.hringdu.is) joined #forth 07:30:24 --- quit: smokeink (Remote host closed the connection) 07:41:54 --- nick: Guest18348 -> rprimus 07:43:43 --- join: neceve (~ncv@unaffiliated/neceve) joined #forth 08:49:11 --- quit: Zarutian (Quit: Zarutian) 09:05:32 --- join: Zarutian (~zarutian@168-110-22-46.fiber.hringdu.is) joined #forth 09:23:11 --- quit: dual (Quit: Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.) 09:23:28 --- join: dual (~bonafide@cpe-74-75-153-119.maine.res.rr.com) joined #forth 11:14:18 --- join: gravicappa (~gravicapp@ppp83-237-174-38.pppoe.mtu-net.ru) joined #forth 12:53:26 --- join: ricky_ricardo (~quassel@2601:240:4203:ecb0:b088:6d29:c2d5:9379) joined #forth 12:55:14 --- join: proteus-guy (~proteus-g@49.228.102.165) joined #forth 12:59:02 --- quit: proteusguy (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 13:35:10 --- quit: ricky_ricardo (Remote host closed the connection) 13:42:33 --- join: ricky_ricardo (~quassel@2601:240:4203:ecb0:b088:6d29:c2d5:9379) joined #forth 13:58:10 --- quit: GeDaMo (Remote host closed the connection) 13:59:19 --- quit: gravicappa (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 13:59:50 --- quit: neceve (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 14:28:18 --- join: wa5qjh (~Thunderbi@121.54.90.157) joined #forth 15:13:45 --- quit: true-grue (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 15:23:59 --- quit: dys (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 15:31:01 --- join: ACE_Recliner (~ACE_Recli@c-50-165-178-74.hsd1.in.comcast.net) joined #forth 16:18:45 --- quit: wa5qjh (Remote host closed the connection) 16:23:13 --- join: wa5qjh (~Thunderbi@121.54.90.157) joined #forth 16:42:39 In Starting Forth, it gives a (pretty clear) explanation of how ; is defined, but is evasive as hell about :. All it says is that it calls ] internally, plus 'some other stuff'. Could someone give me some idea of what this 'other stuff' is? 16:48:49 --- quit: wa5qjh (Remote host closed the connection) 16:51:46 --- join: wa5qjh (~Thunderbi@121.54.90.157) joined #forth 17:33:37 koz_, it creates a new header (maybe by calling create and hide, or by calling an auxilliary word to create a header without revealing it yet) and then it sets the code field to enter or nest or docol, whatever you like to call it, and then ] 17:37:44 --- quit: ACE_Recliner (Remote host closed the connection) 17:38:44 --- join: ACE_Recliner (~ACE_Recli@c-50-165-178-74.hsd1.in.comcast.net) joined #forth 17:39:22 zy]x[yz: Thanks - that was what I suspected, but it's nice to have a good explanation. 17:43:10 --- quit: ACE_Recliner (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 17:44:44 --- join: ACE_Recliner (~ACE_Recli@c-50-165-178-74.hsd1.in.comcast.net) joined #forth 17:54:08 --- quit: lisbeth (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 18:18:46 --- quit: LeCamarade (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 18:21:19 --- quit: Zarutian (Quit: Zarutian) 20:06:13 --- quit: logiqub (Quit: Lost terminal) 20:25:48 --- join: dograt (~dograt@unaffiliated/dograt) joined #forth 21:49:41 --- quit: vsg1990 (Quit: Leaving) 21:56:46 --- quit: bluekelp (Remote host closed the connection) 22:22:06 --- quit: ACE_Recliner (Remote host closed the connection) 23:01:33 --- join: dys (~dys@ip-109-40-2-79.web.vodafone.de) joined #forth 23:18:00 --- join: neceve (~ncv@86.125.247.109) joined #forth 23:18:00 --- quit: neceve (Changing host) 23:18:00 --- join: neceve (~ncv@unaffiliated/neceve) joined #forth 23:59:59 --- log: ended forth/17.03.31