On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:07:15 +0100,
       Gareth's Downstairs Computer
 wrote:
> A language needing extensibility, for example, adding case / switch /
> select statements is not reputable.

CASE .. OF .. ENDOF .. ENDCASE is in the spec. It is even in
_Thinking Forth_ by Brodie and that goes back to '84.

> Doing such things renders you as
> a language developer and not someone concentrating on the job
> in hand.

Actually working with a DSL (domain-specfic langauge), and using
Forth can be seen as developing and working with a DSL, is often
the best way to attack a problem.

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