collapseos/blk/006
Virgil Dupras f6ded7712e VE: add 't'
This is the first commit I do entirely in VE. It's a habit I'm planning
on taking as it helps a lot to find usability issues.
2020-06-11 18:12:01 -04:00

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Compilation vs meta-compilation
Compilation vs meta-compilation. When you compile a word with
"[COMPILE] foo", it's straightforward: It writes the address
of word foo to HERE.
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
",".
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?