diff --git a/blk/106 b/blk/106
index a644e50..035e816 100644
--- a/blk/106
+++ b/blk/106
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 CREATE ACC 0 ,
 : _LIST ." Block " DUP . NL LIST ;
-: _NUM
-    ACC @ SWAP _pdacc
-    1 = IF _LIST 0 THEN
-    ACC !
-;
 : L BLK> @ _LIST ;
 : B BLK> @ 1- BLK@ L ;
 : N BLK> @ 1+ BLK@ L ;
diff --git a/blk/126 b/blk/126
index 9e8bf2e..e27451b 100644
--- a/blk/126
+++ b/blk/126
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CREATE CMD 2 C, '$' C, 0 C,
 CREATE PREVPOS 0 , CREATE PREVBLK 0 ,
 : acc@ ACC @ 1 MAX ;
-: num ACC @ SWAP _pdacc IF DROP ELSE ACC ! THEN ;
+: num ACC @ SWAP _pdacc IF ACC ! ELSE DROP THEN ;
 : nspcs ( n -- , spit n space ) 0 DO SPC LOOP ;
 : aty 0 SWAP AT-XY ;
 : clrscr LINES 0 DO I aty COLS nspcs LOOP ;
diff --git a/blk/357 b/blk/357
index 00037e1..464ab29 100644
--- a/blk/357
+++ b/blk/357
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 ( r c -- r f )
 ( Parse digit c and accumulate into result r.
-  Flag f is 0 when c was a valid digit, 1 when c was WS,
-  -1 when c was an invalid digit. )
+  Flag f is true when c was a valid digit )
 : _pdacc
-    DUP 0x21 < IF DROP 1 EXIT THEN
-    ( parse char )
-    ( if bad, return "r -1" )
-    '0' -
-    DUP 10 < NOT IF DROP -1 EXIT THEN
-    ( good, add to running result )
-    SWAP 10 * +                    ( r*10+n )
-    0                              ( good )
-;
+    '0' - DUP 10 < IF ( good, add to running result )
+        SWAP 10 * + 1 ( r*10+n f )
+        ELSE ( bad ) DROP 0 THEN ;
diff --git a/blk/358 b/blk/358
index 2830d62..b6fc619 100644
--- a/blk/358
+++ b/blk/358
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 : _pd ( a -- n f, parse decimal )
-( We read the first char outside of the loop because it *has*
-  to be nonzero, which means _pdacc *has* to return 0. )
     C@+ OVER C@ 0 ( a len firstchar startat )
 ( if we have '-', we only advance. more processing later. )
     SWAP '-' = IF 1+ THEN ( a len startat )
-( We loop until _pdacc is nonzero, which means either WS or
-  non-digit. 1 means WS, which means parsing was a success.
-  -1 means non-digit, which means we have a non-decimal. )
+( if we can do the whole string, success. if _pdacc returns
+  false before, failure. )
     0 ROT ROT ( len ) ( startat ) DO ( a r )
         OVER I + C@ ( a r c ) _pdacc ( a r f )
-        IF DROP 1- 0 UNLOOP EXIT THEN LOOP ( a r )
+        NOT IF DROP 1- 0 UNLOOP EXIT THEN LOOP ( a r )
 ( if we had '-', we need to invert result. )
     SWAP C@ '-' = IF 0 -^ THEN 1 ( r 1 ) ;
diff --git a/blk/361 b/blk/361
index 05b9772..7af8415 100644
--- a/blk/361
+++ b/blk/361
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-( returns negative value on error )
-: _            ( c -- n )
-    DUP '0' '1' =><= IF '0' - EXIT THEN
-    DROP -1 ( bad )
-;
 : _pb          ( a -- n f, parse binary )
     ( '0': ASCII 0x30 'b': 0x62 0x6230 )
     DUP 1+ @ 0x6230 = NOT IF 0 EXIT THEN ( a 0 )
     ( We have "0b" prefix )
     DUP C@ ( a len )
     0 SWAP 1+ ( len+1 ) 3 DO ( a r )
-        OVER I + C@ ( a r c ) _ ( a r n )
-        DUP 0< IF 2DROP 0 UNLOOP EXIT THEN
-        SWAP 1 LSHIFT + ( a r*2+n ) LOOP
+        OVER I + C@ ( a r c )
+        DUP '0' '1' =><= NOT IF 2DROP 0 UNLOOP EXIT THEN
+        '0' - SWAP 1 LSHIFT + ( a r*2+n ) LOOP
     NIP 1 ;
diff --git a/cvm/forth.bin b/cvm/forth.bin
index efdb44e..8eb3c54 100644
Binary files a/cvm/forth.bin and b/cvm/forth.bin differ