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+\ source
+\ Message-ID: <hembp6$l40$1@news.eternal-september.org>
+\ From: "Gerry" <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk>
+\ Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
+\ Subject: Re: LC53 statistics
+\ Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:52:34 -0000
+
+\ macros are strings delimited by a single
+\ character not to be used within the macro
+\ itself
+
+: macro
+ : char parse postpone sliteral postpone evaluate
+ postpone ; immediate
+;
+
+\ Usage is e.g.
+
+\ macro square " dup *" ok
+\ : foo 5 square . ; ok
+\ foo 25 ok
+\ macro s2 - dup + - ok
+\ : bar 6 s2 ; ok
+\ bar 12 ok
+