version 1.50, 2003/03/09 15:16:45
|
version 1.56, 2003/08/27 12:13:49
|
Line 1
|
Line 1
|
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 |
Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth |
language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice |
language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice |
features such as input completion and history and a powerful locals |
features such as input completion and history, backtraces, a |
facility, and it even has a manual. Gforth employs traditional |
decompiler and a powerful locals facility, and it even has a |
implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is indirect or direct |
manual. Gforth combines traditional implementation techniques with |
threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU General Public license |
newer techniques for portability and performance: its inner |
(see COPYING). |
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, Win95, OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to |
Gforth runs under Unix, Win32, MacOS X, OS/2, and DOS and should not |
port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested |
be hard to port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has |
successfully on the following platforms: |
been tested successfully on the following platforms: |
|
|
alpha-dec-osf4.0d |
alpha-dec-osf4.0d |
alpha-unknown-linux-gnu |
alpha-unknown-linux-gnu |
hppa1.1-unknown-linux-gnu |
alphapca56-unknown-linux-gnu |
hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11 |
hppa1.1-unknown-linux-gnu |
i386-unknown-freebsd4.7 |
hppa2.0n-hp-hpux11.00 |
i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1 |
hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11 |
i686-pc-linux-gnu |
i386-unknown-freebsd5.1 |
mips-dec-ultrix4.3 |
i686-pc-cygwin |
mipsel-pc-linux-gnu |
i686-pc-linux-gnu |
mips-sgi-irix6.5 |
mips-sgi-irix6.5 |
powerpc-apple-darwin5.4 |
mipsel-pc-linux-gnu |
powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu |
powerpc-apple-darwin5.4 |
|
powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu |
|
sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 |
|
sparc-unknown-linux-gnu |
|
|
Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, |
Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, |
Windows 95, and OS/2. To start the system, just say `gforth' (after |
Windows, and OS/2, or INSTALL.BINDIST if you have a binary package. |
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/ |
You can find new versions of Gforth at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gforth/ |
and its mirrors or at |
and its mirrors or at |