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Line 3 language. It works nicely with the Emacs
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features such as input completion and history, backtraces, a |
features such as input completion and history, backtraces, a |
decompiler and a powerful locals facility, and it even has a |
decompiler and a powerful locals facility, and it even has a |
manual. Gforth combines traditional implementation techniques with |
manual. Gforth combines traditional implementation techniques with |
newer techniques for portability and performance performance: its |
newer techniques for portability and performance: its inner |
inner innerpreter is direct threaded with several optimizations, but |
interpreter is direct threaded with several optimizations, but you can |
you can also use a traditional-style indirect threaded interpreter. |
also use a traditional-style indirect threaded interpreter. Gforth is |
Gforth is distributed under the GNU General Public license (see |
distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
COPYING). |
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Gforth runs under Unix, Win95, OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to |
Gforth runs under Unix, MS Windows, MacOS X, OS/2, and DOS and should |
port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested |
not be hard to port to other systems supported by GCC. This version |
successfully on the following platforms: |
has been tested successfully on the following platforms: |
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alpha-dec-osf4.0d |
alpha-dec-osf4.0d |
alpha-unknown-linux-gnu |
alpha-unknown-linux-gnu |
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sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 |
sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 |
sparc-unknown-linux-gnu |
sparc-unknown-linux-gnu |
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Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, |
Read INSTALL for installation instructions from source, or INSTALL.DOS |
Windows 95, and OS/2, or INSTALL.BINDIST if you have a binary package. |
for DOS, Windows, and OS/2 from source, or INSTALL.BINDIST if you have |
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a binary package distributed as .tar.gz or .zip file. If you received |
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a self-installing executable, just run it and follow the instructions. |
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To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). |
To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). |
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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/ |