Forth like interpreter

[Christian Tismer]

William Tanksley wrote:
[how to cite an URL]
> I'll be glad to do whatever makes your habits easier -- but you should
> consider that if it hurts to work this way, you're doing something wrong.
> Even if I don't end my URL with a period I *have* to end with something,
> and I don't see how it helps any more to have a > than a period.

Simply because "<>" cannot appear verbatim in an URL. That makes
programs like Nestcape correctly offer the URL as a clickable
link. The period is bad since it is included into the URL, because
it is a valid part of an URL. That's all :-)

ciao - chris

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