Re: [colorforth] abort

["Chuck Moore" <chipchuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Abort  generates indecision in my mind. I'm disturbed by all the words in
ANSI Forth and have tried to minimize them.

The concept of  catch  and  throw  are an example. They seem to emphasize
the importance of errors. Much better to eliminate the possibility of error
than to compensate for it. So I left out  abort.

As a consequence, I sometimes have a crash that I could have avoided. On the
other hand, if I can detect an error I can correct it. Or at least do
something plausible rather than aborting.

Perhaps it's time we made computers more intelligent.



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