s-quote:core — compiling primitive
FORTH
S"
( [string<">] -- string-address string-length)( | ); |
| ; |
if compiling then place the string into the currently compiled word and on execution the string pops up again as a double-cell value yielding the string's address and length. To be most portable this is the word to be best being used. Compare with C" and non-portable "
dpANS 11.6.1.2165 - standard forth word