\ -*- forth -*- \ loads the address following the call to 'f->' into f register, and \ returns to the parent word. this allows flash buffers/strings to be \ implemented as ordinary words \ : mystring f-> 0 , 1 , 2 , : f-> \ -- TOSL @ fl ! TOSH @ fh ! pop ; \ a string is an fobject with the first byte = size of the remaining \ bytes.