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This snapshot is mainly intended as a Vmgen release. The Gforth part |
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has known bugs, and likely has portability problems (which Vmgen |
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inherits, of course) on anything but 386 and Alpha platforms. A |
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full-blown and portable release will be released Real Soon Now:-). |
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Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth |
Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth |
language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice |
language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice |
features such as input completion and history and a powerful locals |
features such as input completion and history and a powerful locals |
facility, and it even has (the beginnings of) a manual. Gforth employs |
facility, and it even has a manual. Gforth employs traditional |
traditional implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is |
implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is indirect or direct |
indirect or direct threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU |
threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU General Public license |
General Public license (see COPYING). |
(see COPYING). |
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Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other |
Gforth runs under Unix, Win95, OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to |
systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on |
port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested |
the following platforms: i486-unknown-linuxaout, alpha-dec-osf3.2, |
successfully on the following platforms: |
mips-dec-ultrix4.3. |
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i686-pc-linux-gnu |
Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail |
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bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start |
Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, |
the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). |
Windows 95, and OS/2. To start the system, just say `gforth' (after |
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installing it). |
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You can find new versions of Gforth at prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirrors |
You can find new versions of Gforth at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gforth/ |
or at |
and its mirrors or at |
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http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/ |
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/ |
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or |
ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth/gforth/ |
ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth/gforth/ |
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The latter site contains binary distributions of Gforth for some |
The latter site also contains binary distributions of Gforth for some |
popular platforms. |
popular platforms. |
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If you want to work on Gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found |
If you want to work on Gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found |
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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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*.fs Forth stream source file |
*.fs Forth stream source file (include with "include <file>" from within |
*.fi Forth image files |
gforth, or start with "gforth <file1> <file2> ...") |
*.fb Forth blocks file |
*.fi Forth image files (start with "gforth -i <image file>") |
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*.fb Forth blocks file (load with "use <block file> 1 load") |
*.i C include files |
*.i C include files |
*.ds documenation source |
*.ds documenation source |
*TAGS etags files |
*TAGS etags files |
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Add-ons: |
Add-ons: |
code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs |
code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs |
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oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs blocked.fb tasker.fs |
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Utilities: |
Utilities: |
etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs |
ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs |
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Games: |
Games: |
tt.fs sokoban.fs |
tt.fs sokoban.fs |
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Test programs: |
Test programs (for testing Forth systems): |
tester.fs coretest.fs |
test/*.fs |
checkans.fs wordsets.fs |
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Benchmarks: |
Benchmarks: |
bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs sieve.fs |
bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs |
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ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: |
ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: |
compat/*.fs other.fs |
compat/*.fs other.fs |
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For discussions about Gforth, use the Usenet newsgroup |
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comp.lang.forth. If you prefer not to post on Usenet, there is also a |
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mailing list: GForth@ChaosSolutions.org. To subscribe, send a mail to |
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gforth-subscribe@chaossolutions.org@ChaosSolutions.org with: |
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subscribe GForth |
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as the first and only line within the message body. Submit bug |
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reports through |
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https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth |
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(whether you post them or not). |
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- anton |
- anton |
anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at |
anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at |
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html |
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