--- gforth/README	2003/03/09 17:16:38	1.51
+++ gforth/README	2003/12/31 13:45:38	1.58
@@ -1,37 +1,39 @@
-This snapshot has been tested quite well for portability.  The main
-thing missing before the release is an update to the documentation.
-
 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 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).
+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 Unix, 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:
 
-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
+ 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
 
-alpha-dec-osf4.0d
-alphapca56-unknown-linux-gnu
-alpha-unknown-linux-gnu
-hppa1.1-unknown-linux-gnu
-hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11
-i386-unknown-freebsd5.0
-i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1
-i686-pc-cygwin
-i686-pc-linux-gnu
-mips-dec-ultrix4.3
-mipsel-pc-linux-gnu
-mips-sgi-irix6.5
-powerpc-apple-darwin5.4
-powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
-sparc-sun-solaris2.7
+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.  To start the system, just say `gforth' (after
-installing it).
+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