Standard Forth versus Python: a case study

[Paul Rubin]

"idknow at gmail.com" <idknow at gmail.com> writes:
> fun median {
>  var x = 0.
>   while( *p++) {
>     if( (*p) > x) x = *p.
>   }
>   return x.
> }

I count two variables, p and x.