--- gforth/README 1999/05/19 19:43:22 1.37 +++ gforth/README 2006/12/31 10:17:40 1.61 @@ -1,38 +1,49 @@ 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: - -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 +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: + + alpha-dec-osf4.0d + alpha-unknown-linux-gnu + alphapca56-unknown-linux-gnu + hppa1.1-unknown-linux-gnu + hppa2.0n-hp-hpux11.00 + hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11 + i386-unknown-freebsd5.1 + i686-pc-cygwin + i686-pc-linux-gnu + mips-sgi-irix6.5 + mipsel-pc-linux-gnu + powerpc-apple-darwin5.4 + powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu + sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 + sparc-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. -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 -or at +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 @@ -76,15 +87,36 @@ 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 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.