--- gforth/README 1995/11/24 18:05:32 1.7 +++ gforth/README 1995/12/15 01:54:08 1.10 @@ -1,15 +1,28 @@ Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth -language. This represents the present state of the Gforth project -whose goal is the development of a standard implementation model for -ANS Forth. Gforth supports indirect threading on every machine -supported by GCC, and direct threading on several popular -architectures. Gforth is distributed under the GNU General Public -license (see COPYING). +language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice +features such as input completion and history and a powerful locals +facility, and it even has (the beginnings of) a manual. Gforth employs +traditional implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is +indirect or direct threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU +General Public license (see COPYING). + +Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other +systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on +Linux (for Intel), SunOS (SPARC) and Ultrix (MIPS). Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems. To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). +You can find new versions of Gforth at + +http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth +or +ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth + +This site will also contain binary distributions of Gforth for some +popular platforms when it has proved stable. + 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, it's ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are