--- gforth/README 1998/12/23 23:59:21 1.29 +++ gforth/README 2000/09/23 18:59:00 1.43 @@ -1,37 +1,38 @@ 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 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) -i686-pc-linux-gnu (libc6) -alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnulibc1 -alpha-dec-osf4.0b -mips-sgi-irix6.2 +facility, and it even has 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: + +alpha-dec-osf4.0d +alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu +hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 +i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1 +i686-pc-linux-gnu mips-dec-ultrix4.3 -sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 -sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 +mips-sgi-irix6.2 powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu -hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 +sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 +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 -the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). +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 @@ -56,7 +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 @@ -73,14 +74,15 @@ bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: compat/*.fs other.fs -There's a mailing list for things around Gforth that aren't bugs -(suggestions, discussions, etc.). To post, send your mail to -GForth@ChaosSolutions.com. To subscribe, send a mail to -Mdaemon@ChaosSolutions.com with: +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.org. To subscribe, send a mail to +MDaemon@ChaosSolutions.org with: subscribe GForth -as the first and only line within the message body. +as the first and only line within the message body. Send bug reports +to bug-gforth@gnu.org (whether you post them or not). - anton