--- gforth/README 1995/11/28 18:45:27 1.8 +++ gforth/README 1996/09/30 13:16:07 1.14 @@ -1,19 +1,30 @@ Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice -features such as a powerful locals facility, and 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). +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 on Linux (for -Intel), SunOS (SPARC), Ultrix (MIPS) before release. +systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on +Linux (for Intel), SunOS (SPARC), Digital "Unix" (Alpha) and Ultrix +(MIPS). Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail -gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems. To start +bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). +You can find new versions of Gforth at prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirrors +or at + +http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/ +or +ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth/gforth/ + +The latter site contains binary distributions of Gforth for some +popular platforms. + 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 @@ -29,6 +40,30 @@ On popular request, here are the meaning *.ds documenation source *TAGS etags files +A number of Forth source files are included in this package that are +not necessary for building Gforth. Not all of them are mentioned in +the rest of the documentation, so here's a short overview: + +Add-ons: +code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs + +Utilities: +etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs + +Games: +tt.fs sokoban.fs + +Test programs: +tester.fs coretest.fs +checkans.fs wordsets.fs + +Benchmarks: +bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs sieve.fs + +ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: +compat/*.fs other.fs + + - anton anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html \ No newline at end of file