--- gforth/README 1998/12/25 22:50:47 1.31 +++ gforth/README 2007/12/31 17:34:58 1.66 @@ -1,42 +1,35 @@ 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 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, 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: - -i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1 (libc5) -i586-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 -i386-pc-cygwin32 (CygWin32 b18, Win95) -i386-pc-djgpp (DGJPP 2.0, MS-DOS 7.0 under Win95) -i386-pc-os2 (OS/2 3.0, EMX 0.9c) - -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 -the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). +features such as input completion and history, backtraces, a +decompiler and a powerful locals facility, and it even has a +manual. Gforth combines traditional implementation techniques with +newer techniques for portability and performance: its inner +interpreter is direct threaded with several optimizations, but you can +also use a traditional-style indirect threaded interpreter. Gforth is +distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). + +Gforth runs under GNU, BSD, and similar systems, MS Windows, MacOS X, +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: + + x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu + +Read INSTALL for installation instructions from source, or INSTALL.DOS +for DOS, Windows, and OS/2 from source, or INSTALL.BINDIST if you have +a binary package distributed as .tar.gz or .zip file. If you received +a self-installing executable, just run it and follow the instructions. -You can find new versions of Gforth at prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirrors -or at +To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). + +You can find new versions of Gforth at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gforth/ +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 +The latter site also 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 @@ -61,7 +54,7 @@ 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 +oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs blocked.fb tasker.fs Utilities: ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs @@ -80,15 +73,36 @@ 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: +mailing list: GForth@ChaosSolutions.org. To subscribe, send a mail to +gforth-subscribe@chaossolutions.org 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). +as the first and only line within the message body. Submit bug +reports through + +https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth +(whether you post them or not). - anton anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html +----- +Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2004,2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is part of Gforth. + +Gforth is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License +as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 +of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.#See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.