--- gforth/README 1996/10/31 17:41:16 1.15 +++ gforth/README 2000/08/10 20:46:25 1.41 @@ -6,16 +6,24 @@ traditional implementation techniques: i 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 -the following platforms: i486-unknown-linuxaout, alpha-dec-osf3.2, -mips-dec-ultrix4.3. - -Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail -bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start -the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). +Gforth runs under Unix, Win95, OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to +port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested +successfully on the following platforms: + +checking host system type... alpha-dec-osf4.0d +checking host system type... alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu +checking host system type... i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1 +checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu +checking host system type... mips-dec-ultrix4.3 +checking host system type... powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu +checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 +checking host system type... sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 + +Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, +Windows 95, and OS/2. Mail bug-gforth@gnu.org 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 +You can find new versions of Gforth at ftp.gnu.org and its mirrors or at http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/ @@ -33,9 +41,10 @@ the documentation and the foreign langua On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions: -*.fs Forth stream source file -*.fi Forth image files -*.fb Forth blocks file +*.fs Forth stream source file (include with "include " from within + gforth, or start with "gforth ...") +*.fi Forth image files (start with "gforth -i ") +*.fb Forth blocks file (load with "use 1 load") *.i C include files *.ds documenation source *TAGS etags files @@ -46,24 +55,34 @@ the rest of the documentation, so here's Add-ons: code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs +oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs blocked.fb tasker.fs Utilities: -etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs +ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs Games: tt.fs sokoban.fs -Test programs: -tester.fs coretest.fs -checkans.fs wordsets.fs +Test programs (for testing Forth systems): +test/*.fs Benchmarks: -bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs sieve.fs +bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: compat/*.fs other.fs +For discussions about Gforth, use the Usenet newsgroup +comp.lang.forth. If you prefer not to post on Usenet, there is also a +mailing list: GForth@ChaosSolutions.org. To subscribe, send a mail to +MDaemon@ChaosSolutions.org with: + +subscribe GForth + +as the first and only line within the message body. Send bug reports +to bug-gforth@gnu.org (whether you post them or not). + - anton anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at -http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html \ No newline at end of file +http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html