From: Dennis Decker Jensen <dennisdecker@...>
Date: 2001-04-23T07:23:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14045] Re: [:->] Comments in code (was Re: From Guido, with love...)

Bill Kelly wrote:

Wow!

I haven't read Forth-code since I was 15 (hmmm. 11 years ago), but
understood what it was supposed to do when I read you attempt at a
Ruby-implementation. I guess if one's a matematician the
Forth-implementation is actually immediate and transparent.

I think it deserves applause! ;-)

Let's admire the commented version one last time:

| P.S. I just had a thought as to how to comment the Forth version
| at the level of intent:
|
|                      DUP >R
|                 2* 1+       FOR R@
|             I - ABS            DUP *  R@
|            2* 1+                FOR  R@ I
|        - ABS DUP                 * OVER +
|        R@ 1- DUP                 *  R@ DUP
|          * WITHIN               IF ASCII *
|            ELSE BL            THEN EMIT
|                NEXT CR      DROP NEXT
|                      R> DROP
|
| ;-)

Regards,

Dennis Decker Jensen