Name

builds:core — definining primitive

Synopsis

FORTH

<BUILDS ( 'name' -- )();
p4:"builds";

Description

make a HEADER whose runtime will be changed later using DOES>

note that ans'forth does not define <BUILDS and it suggests to use CREATE directly.

... if you want to write FIG-programs in pure pfe then you have to use CREATE: to get the FIG-like meaning of CREATE whereas the ans-forth CREATE is the same as <BUILDS

 : <BUILDS BL WORD HEADER DOCREATE A, 0 A, ;