[OT] RE: counter++ versus

[Peter T. Evensen]

OK, I should know this, but TIL?  T something Interpreted Language?

At 03:36 PM 3/25/2004, you wrote:

>On Thursday, March 25, 2004, at 01:38 PM, Kevin wrote:
>
>>I realize that comparing Forth to xTalk/Transcript is in many ways is 
>>akin to comparing apples to oranges.  However, they are both TILs and 
>>suffer many of the same design problems.
>
>Forth is a TIL by spec.  That level is exposed.  Regardless of how 
>Transcript is implemented and even if it is implemented as a TIL, it is 
>not a TIL at the visible level.  Perhaps some versions or platforms of the 
>engine (past, present or future) might compile directly into machine code 
>or Java byte-code.  It doesn't matter.

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