* [CHAR] ( [word] -- char ) in compile-mode, get the (ascii-)value of the first charachter in the following word and compile it as a literal so that it will pop up on execution again. See CHAR and forth-83 ASCII
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FORTH/ANS core (dpANS.6.1.2520) compiling primitive