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tinkering with #durexforth on the #Commodore64, doing some #retrocoding I have compiled Durexforth from source, using the "master" branch. The main reason for this being that - unlike the official 5.0.0 release - the most recent code allows the S" word to be used in interactive mode. Even more interesting is the fact that there already is a COUNT word but not its counterpart PLACE - so I provided that myself. And that eventually enabled me to provide a new, custom word: S, (which you may know from gforth) S, will add a counted string to the dictionary, starting at HERE Which eventually gives us a the ability to create nice lists of strings. 💡 Now, why do all of this (despite having fun)? 🤔 Well, remember when I put together a two-word parser for a simple #textadventure #game in DX-Forth on CP/M? 🔄 (https://oldbytes.space/@Wintermute_BBS/115996588963884170) With my additions in place that code now also runs on Durexforth without any changes (despite ASCII to PETSCII conversion) .... yay! #forth #programming