Re: [Amforth] Table driven CRC-8 generator/checker

[Enoch <ix...@ho...>]

Hello Matthias & All:

Matthias Trute <mt...@we...> writes:

>> What is your opinion about endorsing
>> a certain Forth style (my preference is the openfirmware style).
>
> A quick look at some source files does not reveal anything that
> should be done differently. As long as you dont use the gforth
> style.. (my impression from reading the gforth sources is that
> they love programming like this:
>
> : (foo) bar ;
> : foo (foo) baz ;
>
> ((foo) is never used (or even documented) elsewhere)
>
> I admire the work of the gforth people, but wrt code
> readability I try to beat them.
>
> Would you mind to write a few sentences what you suggest for a recipe?
>

I found the description of the open firmware style (and confirmed that
against their repo :-) in "Forth Programmer’s Handbook" by Forth Inc.,
section 8.2, pages 213-217. This is not their print edition but the PDF
version included in <http://www.forth.com/swiftforth/dl.html>.

Regards, Enoch.