--- gforth/README 1997/03/31 19:15:59 1.23 +++ gforth/README 1998/12/25 11:12:52 1.30 @@ -8,10 +8,17 @@ 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, mips-dec-ultrix4.3, -sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4, alpha-dec-osf3.2, i586-unknown-linux, -hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.05, hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20, Windows 95 using DJGPP 2.0, -Windows 95 using CygWin32 beta 17, OS/2 3.0 using EMX 0.9c. +following platforms: +i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1 (libc5) +i686-pc-linux-gnu (libc6) +alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnulibc1 +alpha-dec-osf4.0b +mips-sgi-irix6.2 +mips-dec-ultrix4.3 +sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 +sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 +powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu +hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, Windows 95, and OS/2. Mail bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start @@ -35,9 +42,10 @@ 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 @@ -57,15 +65,24 @@ Games: tt.fs sokoban.fs Test programs (for testing Forth systems): -tester.fs coretest.fs postponetest.fs dbltest.fs -checkans.fs wordsets.fs +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.com. To subscribe, send a mail to +Mdaemon@ChaosSolutions.com with: + +subscribe GForth + +as the first and only line within the message body. Send bug reports +to bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu (whether you post them or not). + - anton anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at