--- gforth/README 1997/05/21 20:39:15 1.24 +++ gforth/README 1999/05/06 21:33:32 1.36 @@ -6,12 +6,20 @@ 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, 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. +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-osf4.0b +checking host system type... alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu +checking host system type... hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 +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... mips-sgi-irix6.2 +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.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start @@ -35,9 +43,10 @@ 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 @@ -48,7 +57,7 @@ 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 @@ -57,8 +66,7 @@ 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 @@ -66,6 +74,16 @@ 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