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| 1 : | anton | 1.1 | This file describes all the things left to do on ANSI figForth. The |
| 2 : | list is not complete, so you should add topics you miss or refine | ||
| 3 : | existing topics. If you are working on a topic, add your name to the | ||
| 4 : | right of the topic. If you have completed the work, remove the topic. | ||
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| 6 : | This an emacs outline. Use '*' to create topics. | ||
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| 8 : | *The Engine | ||
| 9 : | **measure the effect of some variations on different machines: | ||
| 10 : | direct/indirect, NEXT splitting, keeping the TOSses in variables | ||
| 11 : | **make it easy to put the right variation for each processor into the | ||
| 12 : | configuration. | ||
| 13 : | |||
| 14 : | * ANSI Forth | ||
| 15 : | **Core and Core Ext | ||
| 16 : | *** high-level words | ||
| 17 : | **Other Word Sets | ||
| 18 : | |||
| 19 : | *Run-time System | ||
| 20 : | **Gender-independent image file format and loader | ||
| 21 : | **Memory Management | ||
| 22 : | **Stack Checking | ||
| 23 : | On most systems we could use the MMU (OS dependent). | ||
| 24 : | |||
| 25 : | *Porting/Portability | ||
| 26 : | ** Machines/OSs | ||
| 27 : | UNIX (all machines supported by gcc) | ||
| 28 : | VMS (Vax) | ||
| 29 : | DOS Extender, 386sx and up | ||
| 30 : | DOS 8088 (16-bit or 32-bit?) | ||
| 31 : | Windows | ||
| 32 : | OS/2 | ||
| 33 : | Mac | ||
| 34 : | Atari | ||
| 35 : | Amiga | ||
| 36 : | Use gcc-generated assembly on machines without gcc | ||
| 37 : | |||
| 38 : | *Locals | ||
| 39 : | **Concept | ||
| 40 : | **Implementation | ||
| 41 : | |||
| 42 : | *Postponing anton | ||
| 43 : | |||
| 44 : | *Foreign Language Interface | ||
| 45 : | **Concept anton | ||
| 46 : | **C | ||
| 47 : | **FORTRAN | ||
| 48 : | **C++ | ||
| 49 : | |||
| 50 : | *Windows and Graphics | ||
| 51 : | Ask Brian Dunn and Mike Hore for their OS-independent interface | ||
| 52 : | |||
| 53 : | *Program Development Environment | ||
| 54 : | Issues: Convenience, portability across plattforms, compatibility with | ||
| 55 : | existing tools (Emacs, F-PC) | ||
| 56 : | **prefix file generator | ||
| 57 : | A tool for generating a prefix file for a program that explains in | ||
| 58 : | what way the program conforms to ANSI and contains Forth definitions | ||
| 59 : | for the simple non-ANSI words. | ||
| 60 : | |||
| 61 : | *Object-Oriented Extensions | ||
| 62 : | John Hayes (?) has a portable package | ||
| 63 : | Ask Phil Burke (phil@ntg.com), if he wants to contribute ODE | ||
| 64 : | |||
| 65 : | *Documentation | ||
| 66 : | A texinfo file | ||
| 67 : | **glossaries of all wordsets. | ||
| 68 : | ***Tool to generate glossaries benschop | ||
| 69 : | ***Inclusion of glossary comments in all source files. | ||
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| 71 : | *Distribution and Announcements | ||
| 72 : | ** Ask the FSF, if they want to distribute it | ||
| 73 : | ** Write articles for (general-purpose) magazines |
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