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Plan 2026-10-20 (ENGINE step 4), Task A2, for #189. Captain Bob, 2026-11-13: "The ten"; "Accept it". - compile.f18 (COMPILE,): a word is copied in line only when it is flagged in-line and compile-only (24) -- the ten that work on the return stack, >R R> R@ I J LEAVE and the later UNLOOP 2>R 2R> 2R@. Every other word, in-line ones too, is a call the hook at `call` sees. - EXECUTE calls the xt: `call xt` (opcode 3, slot 0) and a ; in (EXEC), run. INTERPRET runs a word by (GO): `call xt` and `jump (IL)` in (RUNX), entered by a jump, at the old return-stack depth. - host_map.h: (EXEC) BUF0_W-22, (RUNX) BUF0_W-115, from what was free. - Its cost, accepted: one return entry at the bottom of a chain (30 deep from the prompt, not 31) and one per explicit EXECUTE while its word runs; the hosted boot +2.4% (2.917 s to 2.987 s), instructions +0.4%. - Tests first (logs/20261113-045122/a2): inline_words_are_called, residue_stays_inline, execute_passes_the_hook, rstack_kept_across_call, abandoned_definition_not_called -- 3 of 1096 failed before. The depth checks moved to the new figures; SEE shows the calls; two layout checks use in-line test words; 2>R 2R@ 2R> checked in test_host_quit. - DECOMPOSITION.md EXECUTE, the plan's A2 and rulings, FABRIC-3 XLVIII.22. Suite: test, test-32 99 programs 0 failures; v4-checks 79 under the sanitizers 0 failures, the hosted builds alike; hosted POST 539/539. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017RzZgrf7V7Zk2iczBXDRbm
StarForth / LithosAnanke documentation — the map
Start here. This page says where each kind of document lives and which one to believe. Reorganised 2026-10-14 (the docs triage): one place for current reference, one archive for everything kept as record, and every superseded or abandoned document labelled as such in its own header.
- INDEX.md — every document in the repository, with its status.
- DEAD-AND-REVISED.md — the ideas that were abandoned, and the claims that were revised, each with the date and where the decision is recorded.
- DELETE-CANDIDATES.md — what was deleted as duplicate, and why (2026-10-14).
What to believe
| For | Authoritative | Where |
|---|---|---|
| How to work in this repo, and current status | .claude/CLAUDE.md |
repo root |
| What was decided, and why; work as it happened | the FABRIC record | fabric/ — FABRIC-3.md is the living one |
| StarForth v4 (the F18-derived engine) | the v4 design | v4.0.0/ and ../v4/README.md |
| Roadmap and release-versioning policy | ROADMAP.md |
reference/ |
| Getting onto the boards | the bring-up checklist | ../boards/BRINGUP.md |
| A word, a primitive, a term | the dictionaries and the ontology | reference/ |
| What the code does | the code, and its folder's README.md |
../kernel/, ../v3/, ../v4/ |
Where two documents disagree, the one higher in this table wins, and code wins over all.
Layout
- fabric/ — the design and work record, numbered in order.
FABRIC-3.md(bare-metal boot and everything since) is open; the others are closed:- FABRIC-0, -1 and -2 are history;
- FABRIC-3.5 and -3.6 are the Tripod/kernel reshuffle, still authoritative for what they ruled;
- FABRIC-3.7 (elevation) is closed as not needed;
- FABRIC-4 holds ideas caught early, not yet scoped.
- v4.0.0/ — StarForth v4: justification, engine, decomposition, nucleus, mesh,
parity with v3.
plans/holds the step plans, all executed. - reference/ — current reference material:
ROADMAP.md(roadmap and the ratified versioning policy);M7.1.md(init capsules and birth);word-acl/(the word-level ACL design);kernel-args/(the boot command line);hosted-acceptance-test/;DICTIONARY.mdandSTARFORTH_PRIMITIVES.md(the words);ONTOLOGY.md(the lexicon);L8_ADAPTIVE_CONFIG_TABLE.md.
- working/ — living material and the source for
formal/:architecture/(design notes and HOWTOs);experiments/(DoE designs and campaign data);papers/(academic sources, the system narrative, proposals);hardware/,specifications/andscratch/;archive/, which has four parts:historical/: finished work, kept as record;superseded/: replaced, and each file's header names what replaced it;dead/: abandoned or never adopted;- the older
legacy/,quality/,operations/,research/andsession-logs/.
- formal/ — the press-ready LaTeX tier (three volumes, books, standalone
reports). Governed by
formal/CLAUDE.md. - book/ — the LithosAnanke and StarForth book build.
- pptx/ — slide decks for different audiences.
- patent/ — provisional patent material. Legal hold: ask Captain Bob before
touching anything here (also
formal/patent/,formal/scraps/legal/,working/legal/).
Adding a document
- Draft in
working/; promote toformal/when it is ready to be cited (formal/CLAUDE.md). Reference material that describes the system as it is goes inreference/. - When a document is overtaken, do not delete it:
git mvit intoworking/archive/superseded/ordead/with a header saying why and what replaces it, and add a line toDEAD-AND-REVISED.md. - Rules for documentation work: CLAUDE.md.