| Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth |
Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth |
| language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice |
language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice |
| features such as input completion and history, backtraces, a |
features such as input completion and history, backtraces, a |
| decompiler and a powerful locals facility, and it even has a |
decompiler and a powerful locals facility, and it has a comprehensive |
| manual. Gforth combines traditional implementation techniques with |
manual. Gforth combines traditional implementation techniques with |
| newer techniques for portability and performance: its inner |
newer techniques for portability and performance: its inner |
| interpreter is direct threaded with several optimizations, but you can |
interpreter is direct threaded with several optimizations, but you can |
| also use a traditional-style indirect threaded interpreter. Gforth is |
also use a traditional-style indirect threaded interpreter. Gforth is |
| distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
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| Gforth runs under GNU, BSD, and similar systems, MS Windows, MacOS X, |
Gforth runs under GNU, BSD, and similar systems, MS Windows and MacOS X |
| OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to port to other systems |
and should not be hard to port to other systems supported by GCC. This |
| supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on the |
version has been tested successfully on the following platforms: |
| following platforms: |
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| alpha-unknown-linux-gnu |
alpha-unknown-linux-gnu |
| gcc-2.95.2 19991024 (release) |
gcc-2.95.2 19991024 (release) |
