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* FIG FORTH FOR SERIES-16 MACHINES PAGE 5

0184 * 0185 * THE CODE FIELD IS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY, SEE EXPLANATION OF 0186 * THREADING BELOW. 0187 * 0188 * ;CODE (ASSEMBLER LABEL 'PSCD') WAS TRADITIONALLY IMMEDIATELY 0189 * FOLLOWED, WHERE IT IS REFERENCED IN A COLON DEFINITION, 0190 * BY THE ASSEMBLER CODE THAT WAS TO BE USED TO DEFINE THE 0191 * PRIMITIVE, SO THAT THE 'RETURN' ADDRESS ON THE RETURN STACK 0192 * WAS THE ADDRESS THAT WAS TO BE PLACED IN THE CFA. SINCE THE 0193 * USAGE OF CFA DIFFERS IN THIS IMPLEMENTATION (AS DISCUSSED 0194 * BELOW) 'DAC PSCD' SHOULD NOW BE FOLLOWED BY THE ONE WORD 0195 * INSTRUCTION REQUIRED TO REACH THE ASSEMBLER CODE, TYPICALLY 0196 * 'JST DOXX', AND THIS WORD IS COPIED INTO THE CFA. 0197 * 0198 EJCT
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