Many Forth systems provide means to call C functions, but these interfaces are not designed to be portable between platforms: A call to a C library function that works on one platform may fail on the next platform, because the parameter and return value types of the C function may be different. In this paper, we present an interface that avoids this problem: In particular, the actual calls can ...

The word aphrodisiac has its origin in Greek Mythology, most precisely from the goddess of love, Aphrodite. It has been used to define the products applied with proposal of increasing desire and drive associated with sexual instinct. Besides they have represented a passion of man, since historically, in all cultures, the sexual potency is considered as a significant part of the male ego and the...

as defective; (b) the work of Local Mental Welfare Associations. I propose to make a few remarks, of necessity impressions only, first about (a) and then about (b). For the large urban area, with its population of over 50,000, the problem becomes comparatively simple: the special school is well known to all, especially in those districts where its nature is well advertised by a large noticeboar...

Members of the Society and guests. In 1951 when Mr Jackman was President of this Society, I as one of his dressers, was permitted to attend my first 'MedChi' meeting. I was overawed. The 'Med-Chi' was, after all, the premier postgraduate society of the City and far beyond. I remember how fascinated I was to observe the proceedings and to register the elegant eminence of the members. Little did ...