+
+NUMBER = defPrim("NUMBER", () -> begin
+
+ wordLen = popPS()
+ wordAddr = popPS()
+
+ s = ASCIIString([Char(c) for c in mem[wordAddr:(wordAddr+wordLen-1)]])
+
+ try
+ pushPS(parse(Int64, s, mem[BASE]))
+ pushPS(0)
+ catch
+ pushPS(1) # Error indication
+ end
+
+ return NEXT
+end)
+