* QUIT ( -- ) no-return this will throw and lead back to the outer-interpreter. traditionally, the outer-interpreter is called QUIT in forth itself where the first part of the QUIT-word had been to clean the stacks (and some other variables) and then turn to an endless loop containing QUERY and EVALUATE (otherwise known as INTERPRET ) - in pfe it is defined as a THROW , : QUIT -56 THROW ;
QUIT
( -- )
no-return
QUERY
EVALUATE
INTERPRET
THROW
: QUIT -56 THROW ;
FORTH/ANS core (dpANS.6.1.2050) ordinary primitive