--- gforth/README 2003/08/25 14:57:22 1.54 +++ gforth/README 2006/12/31 10:17:40 1.61 @@ -3,34 +3,37 @@ language. It works nicely with the Emacs 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 performance: its -inner innerpreter 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, 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 -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 +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, or INSTALL.BINDIST if you have a binary package. To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). You can find new versions of Gforth at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gforth/ @@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ 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.org. To subscribe, send a mail to -gforth-subscribe@chaossolutions.org@ChaosSolutions.org with: +gforth-subscribe@chaossolutions.org with: subscribe GForth @@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addb anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html ----- -Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of Gforth.