| 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 even has a |
| manual. Gforth combines traditional implementation techniques with |
manual. Gforth combines traditional implementation techniques with |
| newer techniques for portability and performance performance: its |
newer techniques for portability and performance: its inner |
| inner innerpreter is direct threaded with several optimizations, but |
interpreter is direct threaded with several optimizations, but you can |
| you can also use a traditional-style indirect threaded interpreter. |
also use a traditional-style indirect threaded interpreter. Gforth is |
| Gforth is distributed under the GNU General Public license (see |
distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING). |
| COPYING). |
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| |
Gforth runs under Unix, Win32, MacOS X, OS/2, and DOS and should not |
| Gforth runs under Unix, Win95, OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to |
be hard to port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has |
| port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested |
been tested successfully on the following platforms: |
| successfully on the following platforms: |
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| |
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| alpha-dec-osf4.0d |
alpha-dec-osf4.0d |
| alpha-unknown-linux-gnu |
alpha-unknown-linux-gnu |
| sparc-unknown-linux-gnu |
sparc-unknown-linux-gnu |
| |
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| Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, |
Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, |
| Windows 95, and OS/2, or INSTALL.BINDIST if you have a binary package. |
Windows, and OS/2, or INSTALL.BINDIST if you have a binary package. |
| To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). |
To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). |
| |
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| You can find new versions of Gforth at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gforth/ |
You can find new versions of Gforth at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gforth/ |
