| 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 input completion and history and a powerful locals |
| distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
facility, and it even has (the beginnings of) a manual. Gforth employs |
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traditional implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is |
| You will probably find a Linux binary included in the package and the |
indirect or direct threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU |
| configuration set up for Linux. If you want to install it on another |
General Public license (see COPYING). |
| system, read INSTALL and I wish you good luck (Mail us if you have |
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Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other |
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systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on the |
| To start the system just say `gforth'. This gives you a pretty barren |
following platforms: i486-unknown-linuxaout, mips-dec-ultrix4.3, |
| system. `gforth startup.fs' gives you most ANSI wordsets. If you miss |
sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4, alpha-dec-osf3.2, i586-unknown-linux, |
| a word, just grep for it in *.fs. |
hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.05, hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20, Windows 95 using DJGPP 2.0, |
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Windows 95 using CygWin32 beta 18, OS/2 3.0 using EMX 0.9c. |
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Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, Windows |
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95, and OS/2. Mail bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start |
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the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). |
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You can find new versions of Gforth at prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirrors |
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or at |
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http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/ |
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or |
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ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth/gforth/ |
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| If you want to work on gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found |
The latter site contains binary distributions of Gforth for some |
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popular platforms. |
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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, |
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 |
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 |
doing. The most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words, |
| (musts before the alpha release), the documentation and the foreign |
the documentation and the foreign language interface for C. |
| language 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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| *.fs Forth stream source file |
*.fs Forth stream source file (include with "include <file>" from within |
| *.fi Forth image files |
gforth, or start with "gforth <file1> <file2> ...") |
| *.fb Forth blocks file |
*.fi Forth image files (start with "gforth -i <image file>") |
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*.fb Forth blocks file (load with "use <block file> 1 load") |
| *.i C include files |
*.i C include files |
| *.ds documenation source |
*.ds documenation source |
| *TAGS etags files |
*TAGS etags files |
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A number of Forth source files are included in this package that are |
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not necessary for building Gforth. Not all of them are mentioned in |
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the rest of the documentation, so here's a short overview: |
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Add-ons: |
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code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs |
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oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs |
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Utilities: |
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ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs |
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Games: |
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tt.fs sokoban.fs |
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Test programs (for testing Forth systems): |
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tester.fs coretest.fs postponetest.fs dbltest.fs |
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checkans.fs wordsets.fs |
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Benchmarks: |
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bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs |
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ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: |
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compat/*.fs other.fs |
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There's a mailing list for things around Gforth that aren't bugs |
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(suggestions, discussions, etc.). To post, send your mail to |
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GForth@ChaosSolutions.com. To subscribe, send a mail to |
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Mdaemon@ChaosSolutions.com with: |
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subscribe GForth |
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as the first and only line within the message body. |
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| - anton |
- anton |
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anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at |
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http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html |
