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- Compilation vs meta-compilation
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- Compilation vs meta-compilation. When you compile a word with
- "[COMPILE] foo", it's straightforward: It writes the address
- of word foo to HERE.
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- When you *meta* compile, it's a bit more mind blowing. It
- fetches the address of the word specified by the caller, then
- writes that number as a literal, followed by a reference to
- ",".
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- Example: ": foo [COMPILE] bar;" is the equivalent of ": foo bar
- ;" if bar is not an immediate. However, ": foo COMPILE bar ;"
- is the equivalent of ": foo ['] bar , ;". Got it?
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