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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
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   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

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