Traditional Forth has a CREATE/DOES> construct. RETRO allows for something similar using the `does` combinator. An example in traditional Forth: : acc ( n "name" -- ) create , does> dup >r @ dup 1+ r> ! ; And in RETRO, using `does` and the `bi` combinator: ~~~ :acc (ns-) d:create , [ [ fetch ] [ v:inc ] bi ] does ; ~~~ Here's a little test case: ~~~ #10 'foo acc foo foo foo ~~~