(cont.) What if we could implement those parsing routines in Forth? "But it's a core routine!" you say. Yes, but here's the deal: at its native core, only decimal parsing is supported. It lives in the "(parsed)" word. The interpreter's main loop is initially set to simply call that word. However, in core.fs, "(parsex)", "(parsec)" and "(parseb)" are implemented, in Forth, then "(parse)", which goes through them all is defined. Then, "(parsef)", which is the variable in which the interpreter's word pointer is set, is updated to that new "(parse)" word. This way, we have a full-featured (and extensible) parsing with a tiny native core.