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This is the current state (alpha) of gforth. This is not a |
Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth |
distribution for the general public, since it is not yet mature |
language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice |
enough. There is no warranty of any kind; this program is |
features such as input completion and history and a powerful locals |
distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
facility, and it even has (the beginnings of) a manual. Gforth employs |
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traditional implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is |
Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail us |
indirect or direct threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU |
(anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at,paysan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) if |
General Public license (see COPYING). |
you have problems. |
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Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other |
To start the system just say `gforth'. This gives you a pretty barren |
systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on the |
system. `gforth startup.fs' gives you most ANSI wordsets. If you miss |
following platforms: |
a word, just grep for it in *.fs. |
i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1 (libc5) |
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i686-pc-linux-gnu (libc6) |
If you want to work on gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found in |
alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnulibc1 |
ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, it's |
alpha-dec-osf4.0b |
ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are doing. The |
mips-sgi-irix6.2 |
most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words (musts before |
mips-dec-ultrix4.3 |
the alpha release), the documentation and the foreign language |
sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 |
interface for C. |
sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 |
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powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu |
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hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 |
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Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, Windows |
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95, and OS/2. Mail bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start |
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the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). |
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You can find new versions of Gforth at prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirrors |
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or at |
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http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/ |
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ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth/gforth/ |
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The latter site contains binary distributions of Gforth for some |
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popular platforms. |
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If you want to work on Gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found |
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in ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, |
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it's ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are |
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doing. The most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words, |
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the documentation and the foreign language interface for C. |
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On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions: |
On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions: |
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*.fs Forth stream source file |
*.fs Forth stream source file (include with "include <file>" from within |
*.fi Forth image files |
gforth, or start with "gforth <file1> <file2> ...") |
*.fb Forth blocks file |
*.fi Forth image files (start with "gforth -i <image file>") |
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*.fb Forth blocks file (load with "use <block file> 1 load") |
*.i C include files |
*.i C include files |
*.ds documenation source |
*.ds documenation source |
*TAGS etags files |
*TAGS etags files |
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A number of Forth source files are included in this package that are |
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not necessary for building Gforth. Not all of them are mentioned in |
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the rest of the documentation, so here's a short overview: |
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Add-ons: |
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code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs |
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oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs |
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Utilities: |
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ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs |
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Games: |
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tt.fs sokoban.fs |
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Test programs (for testing Forth systems): |
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tester.fs coretest.fs postponetest.fs dbltest.fs |
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checkans.fs wordsets.fs |
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Benchmarks: |
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bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs |
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ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: |
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compat/*.fs other.fs |
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There's a mailing list for things around Gforth that aren't bugs |
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(suggestions, discussions, etc.). To post, send your mail to |
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GForth@ChaosSolutions.com. To subscribe, send a mail to |
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Mdaemon@ChaosSolutions.com with: |
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subscribe GForth |
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as the first and only line within the message body. |
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- anton |
- anton |
anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at |
anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at |
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html |
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http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html |