Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!att!cbnewsh!rvp From: rvp@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (rob.v.phillips) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: CELLSIZE Summary: Is there a FORTH word to get the size of an address unit? Message-ID: <2965@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> Date: 10 Aug 89 13:26:16 GMT References:<8908091433.AA17740@jade.berkeley.edu> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 12 The CELLSIZE word seems somewhat useful, in that we get a solid number, but it introduces a new dimension (address units). Isn't it safe to say most programmers know or can easily find out what a "bit" is? So, should the FORTH standard have a word that tells the size of an address unit, in "bits"? It seems to make sense to me. Rob Phillips homxc!rvp