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This is the current state (alpha) of gforth. This is not a |
Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth |
distribution for the general public, since it is not yet mature |
language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice |
enough. There is no warranty of any kind; this program is |
features such as input completion and history and a powerful locals |
distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
facility, and it even has (the beginnings of) a manual. Gforth employs |
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traditional implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is |
Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail us if you have |
indirect or direct threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU |
problems. |
General Public license (see COPYING). |
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To start the system just say `gforth'. This gives you a pretty barren |
Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other |
system. `gforth startup.fs' gives you most ANSI wordsets. If you miss |
systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on |
a word, just grep for it in *.fs. |
Linux (for Intel), SunOS (SPARC) and Ultrix (MIPS). |
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Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail |
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gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems. To start |
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the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). |
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You can find new versions of Gforth at |
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http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth |
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ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth |
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If you want to work on gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found |
This site will also contain binary distributions of Gforth for some |
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popular platforms when it has proved stable. |
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If you want to work on Gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found |
in ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, |
in ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, |
it's ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are |
it's ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are |
doing. The most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words |
doing. The most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words, |
(musts before the alpha release), the documentation and the foreign |
the documentation and the foreign language interface for C. |
language interface for C. |
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On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions: |
On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions: |
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*TAGS etags files |
*TAGS etags files |
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- anton |
- anton |
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anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at |
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http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html |
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