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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 a powerful locals facility, and even has (the |
distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
beginnings of) a manual. Gforth employs traditional implementation |
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techniques: its inner innerpreter is indirect or direct threaded. |
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Gforth is distributed under the GNU General Public license (see |
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COPYING). |
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Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail us |
Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other |
(anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at,paysan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) if |
systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested on Linux (for |
you have problems. |
Intel), SunOS (SPARC), Ultrix (MIPS) before release. |
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To start the system just say `gforth'. This gives you a pretty barren |
Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail |
system. `gforth startup.fs' gives you most ANSI wordsets. If you miss |
gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems. To start |
a word, just grep for it in *.fs. |
the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). |
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If you want to work on gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found in |
If you want to work on Gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found |
ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, it's |
in ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, |
ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are doing. The |
it's ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are |
most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words (musts before |
doing. The most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words, |
the alpha release), the documentation and the foreign language |
the documentation and the foreign language interface for C. |
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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