\ source \ Message-ID: \ From: "Gerry" \ 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