2026-04-17 meeting

Attendance

Interaction between “NDCS” and recognizers

Through name>interpret and name>compile, used in translate-name (see reference implementation).

How to look into a recognizer sequence that is not rec-forth

Various implementors report what they have (most don’t have that feature).

Split out rec-char from rec-number?

For the programmers separate recognizers are easier. For system implementors that implement recognizer sequences, they do not care much.

Discussion of locals recognition

Should this be included in rec-name or split out as rec-local? This needs feedback from system implementors who are not present in this meeting.

Bootstrapping the interpreter

The reference implementation does not have that.

Dealing with prefixes

There could be a rec-table that recognizes everything that has a 1-character prefix (usually installed behind rec-name), and dispatches the actual recognizer based on the prefix: characters ('), base prefixes for numbers, strings ("), xts (in Gforth starting with `), etc. But including this in the standard is not on the table. Bernd Paysan thinks about providing such a recognizer as an example.

What is being planned?

Get consensus among the committee members in the next online meeting about the proposal that should go to CfV (in particular, resolving the locals issue). Then the CfV should be made for at least 4 weeks during the summer, and then we have some feedback from the wider community for deciding on including the proposal in the standard at the next in-person meeting.

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