Re: [colorforth] Extending the character set - Take II

["John R. Strohm" <strohm@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Samuel A. Falvo II" <kc5tja@xxxxxxxx> said:
> On Tuesday 30 March 2004 06:08 pm, Mark Slicker wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 30 March 2004 01:11 pm, Chuck Moore wrote:
> > > > And an expanded character set isn't desirable. I was pleased to
> > > > realize that 48 characters are adequate. More are not necessary just
> > > > because they're on qwerty. And there is no limit to the number of
> > > > possible characters.
> > >
> > > Indeed, remember that the character set was designed expressly for
> > > entering Forth source code, intended for Forth source blocks.
> >
> > Are you telling Chuck the intent and purpose of his character set?
> > Puzzling ...
>
> No.  I do recall Chuck telling ME what he designed it for though,
> indirectly, in one of this videos (forgot which one though) on UT's
> site.

Sam, did you notice that you were replying to Chuck Moore?  That's what Mark
was asking about.

--John


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