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| 2024-08-22 16:49:37  ruv  wrote:
| comment - Multiple WHILE
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/PARSE-NAME#contribution-361
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The reference implementation uses multiple `WHILE` in the definition for `xt-skip`. See the section [A.3.2.3.2 Control-flow stack](https://forth-standard.org/standard/rationale#paragraph.A.3.2.3.2) for how this works.



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| 2024-08-14 15:33:05  superseeker13  replies:
| referenceImplementation - Suggested reference implementation
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/FILL#reply-1296
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I prefer NieDzejkob's solution.  Using a core-ext word, 0<>, in a core word seems to defeat the point of core-ext's optional nature.