--- gforth/prim	2010/04/25 18:27:09	1.248
+++ gforth/prim	2010/07/05 18:46:19	1.251
@@ -2492,6 +2492,54 @@ c_addr = "libltdl is not configured";
 u = strlen(c_addr);
 #endif
 
+\ w!be ( w c_addr -- )	gforth w_store_be
+\ ""Store the bottom 16 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+\ *(Wyde*)(c_addr) = htobe16(w);
+\ 
+\ l!be ( w c_addr -- )	gforth l_store_be
+\ ""Store the bottom 32 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+\ *(Tetrabyte*)(c_addr) = htobe32(w);
+\ 
+\ x!be ( w c_addr -- )	gforth x_store_be
+\ ""Store the bottom 64 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+\ *(Octabyte*)(c_addr) = htobe64(w);
+\ 
+\ w!le ( w c_addr -- )	gforth w_store_le
+\ ""Store the bottom 16 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+\ *(Wyde*)(c_addr) = htole16(w);
+\ 
+\ l!le ( w c_addr -- )	gforth l_store_le
+\ ""Store the bottom 32 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+\ *(Tetrabyte*)(c_addr) = htole32(w);
+\ 
+\ x!le ( w c_addr -- )	gforth x_store_le
+\ ""Store the bottom 64 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+\ *(Octabyte*)(c_addr) = htole64(w);
+\ 
+\ w@be ( c_addr -- u )	gforth w_fetch_be
+\ ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 16-bit big endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+\ u = be16toh(*(UWyde*)(c_addr));
+\ 
+\ l@be ( c_addr -- u )	gforth l_fetch_be
+\ ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 32-bit big endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+\ u = be32toh(*(UTetrabyte*)(c_addr));
+\ 
+\ x@be ( c_addr -- u )	gforth x_fetch_be
+\ ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 64-bit big endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+\ u = be64toh(*(UOctabyte*)(c_addr));
+\ 
+\ w@le ( c_addr -- u )	gforth w_fetch_le
+\ ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 16-bit little endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+\ u = le16toh(*(UWyde*)(c_addr));
+\ 
+\ l@le ( c_addr -- u )	gforth l_fetch_le
+\ ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 32-bit little endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+\ u = le32toh(*(UTetrabyte*)(c_addr));
+\ 
+\ x@le ( c_addr -- u )	gforth x_fetch_le
+\ ""@i{u} is the zero-extended 64-bit little endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+\ u = le64toh(*(UOctabyte*)(c_addr));
+
 \+
 \g peephole
 
@@ -2559,10 +2607,14 @@ Address body = (Address)PFA(a_cfa);
 sp = (*f)(sp, &fp_mem, body);
 fp = fp_mem;
 
-;code-exec ( #a_cfa -- ) gforth-internal semi_code_exec
-/* routine for performing ;code-defined words */
+lit-execute	( #a_addr -- )	new	lit_execute
+/* for ;code and code words; a static superinstruction would be more general, 
+   but VM_JUMP is currently not supported there */
+#ifndef NO_IP
+ip=IP;
+#endif
 SUPER_END;
-VM_JUMP(EXEC1(a_cfa));
+VM_JUMP(EXEC1((Xt)a_addr));
 
 
 \g static_super