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+\ just like +loop but counts
+\ downward for positive numbers.
+
+: -loop ( runtime: x -- )
+ postpone negate postpone +loop
+; immediate
+
+\ use case
+\ : test 0 ?do i . 1 -loop ;
+\ -2 test
+\ prints
+\ 0 -1 -2
+\ be aware that this is not common sense; gforth prints only
+\ 0 -1
+\ \ No newline at end of file