--- gforth/prim	2010/04/25 18:27:09	1.248
+++ gforth/prim	2010/07/11 19:56:00	1.252
@@ -2492,6 +2492,90 @@ c_addr = "libltdl is not configured";
 u = strlen(c_addr);
 #endif
 
+be-w! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth w_store_be
+""Store the bottom 16 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+c_addr[0] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[1] = w;
+
+be-l! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth l_store_be
+""Store the bottom 32 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+c_addr[0] = w >> 24;
+c_addr[1] = w >> 16;
+c_addr[2] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[3] = w;
+
+be-x! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth x_store_be
+""Store the bottom 64 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+c_addr[0] = w >> 56;
+c_addr[1] = w >> 48;
+c_addr[2] = w >> 40;
+c_addr[3] = w >> 32;
+c_addr[4] = w >> 24;
+c_addr[5] = w >> 16;
+c_addr[6] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[7] = w;
+
+le-w! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth w_store_le
+""Store the bottom 16 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+c_addr[1] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[0] = w;
+
+le-l! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth l_store_le
+""Store the bottom 32 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+c_addr[3] = w >> 24;
+c_addr[2] = w >> 16;
+c_addr[1] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[0] = w;
+
+le-x! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth x_store_le
+""Store the bottom 64 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr} in big endian format.""
+c_addr[7] = w >> 56;
+c_addr[6] = w >> 48;
+c_addr[5] = w >> 40;
+c_addr[4] = w >> 32;
+c_addr[3] = w >> 24;
+c_addr[2] = w >> 16;
+c_addr[1] = w >> 8;
+c_addr[0] = w;
+
+be-w@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth w_fetch_be
+""@i{u} is the zero-extended 16-bit big endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+u = (c_addr[0] << 8) | (c_addr[1]);
+
+be-l@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth l_fetch_be
+""@i{u} is the zero-extended 32-bit big endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+u = (c_addr[0] << 24) | (c_addr[1] << 16) | (c_addr[2] << 8) | (c_addr[3]);
+
+be-x@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth x_fetch_be
+""@i{u} is the zero-extended 64-bit big endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+u = (((Cell)(c_addr[0]) << 56) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[1]) << 48) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[2]) << 40) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[3]) << 32) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[4]) << 24) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[5]) << 16) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[6]) << 8) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[7])));
+
+le-w@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth w_fetch_le
+""@i{u} is the zero-extended 16-bit little endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+u = (c_addr[1] << 8) | (c_addr[0]);
+
+le-l@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth l_fetch_le
+""@i{u} is the zero-extended 32-bit little endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+u = (c_addr[3] << 24) | (c_addr[2] << 16) | (c_addr[1] << 8) | (c_addr[0]);
+
+le-x@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth x_fetch_le
+""@i{u} is the zero-extended 64-bit little endian value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+u = (((Cell)(c_addr[7]) << 56) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[6]) << 48) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[5]) << 40) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[4]) << 32) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[3]) << 24) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[2]) << 16) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[1]) << 8) |
+     ((Cell)(c_addr[0])));
+
 \+
 \g peephole
 
@@ -2559,10 +2643,14 @@ 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