A symbol pushes itself on the stack when executed. By convention, symbols are used as variable names (Dynamic variables).
Defining symbols at parse time:
Defining symbols at run time:
Symbols are just compound definitions in disguise. The following two lines are equivalent:
symbol
symbol? ( object -- ? )
Defining symbols at parse time:
SYMBOL:
SYMBOLS:
Defining symbols at run time:
define-symbol ( word -- )
Symbols are just compound definitions in disguise. The following two lines are equivalent:
SYMBOL: foo
: foo ( -- value ) \ foo ;