--- gforth/README 1995/12/08 18:01:07 1.9 +++ gforth/README 2008/11/01 22:19:30 1.76 @@ -1,34 +1,151 @@ 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 (the beginnings of) 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). - -Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other -systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested on Linux (for -Intel), SunOS (SPARC), Ultrix (MIPS) before release. - -Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail -gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems. To start -the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). +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 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-unknown-linux-gnu + gcc-2.95.2 19991024 (release) + gcc-2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease) + gcc-3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-15) + gcc-3.4.6 (Debian 3.4.6-5) + gcc-4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) +armv5l-unknown-linux-gnu + gcc-3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-15) + broken: gcc-4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) + +i686-pc-linux-gnu + gcc-2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease) + gcc-3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13) + gcc-3.4.4 20050314 (prerelease) (Debian 3.4.3-13sarge1) +ia64-hp-hpux11.23 + gcc-4.1.1 + broken: gcc-3.4.3 +powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu + gcc-2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease) + gcc-3.2.3 (Debian) + gcc-3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-15) + gcc-3.4.6 (Debian 3.4.6-8) + gcc-4.0.3 20060128 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-8) + gcc-4.1.3 20080623 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-23) + gcc-4.3.2 +powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu + gcc-3.4.6 (Debian 3.4.6-5) + gcc-4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) +sparc-sun-solaris2.10 + gcc-3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath) + gcc-4.0.2 +x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu + gcc-3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-15) + gcc-3.4.6 (Debian 3.4.6-5) + gcc-4.0.0 + gcc-4.0.4 20060904 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.3-7) + gcc-4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) + gcc-4.1.3 20080623 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-23) + gcc-4.2.0 + gcc-4.2.4 (Debian 4.2.4-3) + gcc-4.3.1 +i386-apple-darwin9.4.0 +x86_64-apple-darwin9.4.0 +ppc-apple-darwin9.4.0 +i686-pc-cygwin +gforth-ec: r8c, 4stack, misc, 8086 + +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. + +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 + +http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/ +or +ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth/gforth/ + +The latter site also contains binary distributions of Gforth for some +popular platforms. If you want to work on Gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found in ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, it's ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are -doing. The most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words, -the documentation and the foreign language interface for C. +doing. The most important task IMO is the foreign language interface +for C. On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions: -*.fs Forth stream source file -*.fi Forth image files -*.fb Forth blocks file +*.fs Forth stream source file (include with "include " from within + gforth, or start with "gforth ...") +*.fi Forth image files (start with "gforth -i ") +*.fb Forth blocks file (load with "use 1 load") *.i C include files *.ds documenation source *TAGS etags files +A number of Forth source files are included in this package that are +not necessary for building Gforth. Not all of them are mentioned in +the rest of the documentation, so here's a short overview: + +Add-ons: +code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs +oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs blocked.fb tasker.fs + +Utilities: +ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs + +Games: +tt.fs sokoban.fs + +Test programs (for testing Forth systems): +test/*.fs + +Benchmarks: +bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs + +ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: +compat/*.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 with: + +subscribe GForth + +as the first and only line within the message body. You can also +report bugs through these channels, or you can report them through our +bug database: + +https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth + - anton anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at -http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html \ No newline at end of file +http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html +----- +Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2004,2006,2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is part of Gforth. + +Gforth is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License +as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 +of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.#See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program. 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