Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rochester!udel!thomson From: thomson@udel.EDU (Richard Thomson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: regular vs. user variables Message-ID: <399@louie.udel.EDU> Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 11:08:44 EDT Article-I.D.: louie.399 Posted: Tue Jul 28 11:08:44 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 06:36:53 EDT Reply-To: thomson@udel.EDU (Richard Thomson) Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 15 Summary: What's the difference? I have seen two 'uses' of variables in the FORTH system that I have (MultiFORTH for the Amiga from Creative Solutions). The first seems to be your run-of-the- mill variable: Variable Foo ( declare a variable ) The other is a 'user' variable declared (I *think*) as follows: 240 user! ( store in user variable #240 ) What's the difference between normal variables and user variables? Why are user variables limited to a certain number? (about 60, I think?) Does this have something to do with the run-time kernel of my FORTH? Thanks in advance. Rich Thomson