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| 1 : | anton | 1.2 | -*- outline -*- |
| 2 : | anton | 1.1 | |
| 3 : | anton | 1.2 | This file describes all the things left to do on GNU Forth. The list |
| 4 : | is not complete, so you should add topics you miss or refine existing | ||
| 5 : | topics. If you are working on a topic, add your name to the right of | ||
| 6 : | the topic. If you have completed the work, remove the topic. | ||
| 7 : | |||
| 8 : | anton | 1.1 | This an emacs outline. Use '*' to create topics. |
| 9 : | |||
| 10 : | *The Engine | ||
| 11 : | **measure the effect of some variations on different machines: | ||
| 12 : | direct/indirect, NEXT splitting, keeping the TOSses in variables | ||
| 13 : | **make it easy to put the right variation for each processor into the | ||
| 14 : | anton | 1.2 | configuration. I.e., on installation all combinations of options |
| 15 : | should be measured and the fastest chosen. Knowing OS and architecture | ||
| 16 : | anton | 1.4 | is not enough, the best options depend more on the processor and the |
| 17 : | anton | 1.2 | compiler version. |
| 18 : | anton | 1.1 | |
| 19 : | * ANSI Forth | ||
| 20 : | anton | 1.2 | Add the remaining words |
| 21 : | |||
| 22 : | anton | 1.1 | *Run-time System |
| 23 : | **Gender-independent image file format and loader | ||
| 24 : | anton | 1.2 | **Stack Checking using the MMU where the OS makes it possible. |
| 25 : | anton | 1.1 | |
| 26 : | *Porting/Portability | ||
| 27 : | ** Machines/OSs | ||
| 28 : | anton | 1.2 | VMS (VAX,AXP) |
| 29 : | DOS 8088 (16-bit or 32-bit? Note: there are no far pointers in gforth, | ||
| 30 : | so 16-bit means 64k max.) | ||
| 31 : | anton | 1.1 | Windows |
| 32 : | OS/2 | ||
| 33 : | Mac | ||
| 34 : | Atari | ||
| 35 : | Amiga | ||
| 36 : | anton | 1.2 | Use gcc-generated assembly on machines without gcc, but with |
| 37 : | processors supported by gcc | ||
| 38 : | anton | 1.1 | |
| 39 : | *Foreign Language Interface | ||
| 40 : | anton | 1.4 | If anybody wants to do this, take a look at |
| 41 : | ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth/foreign.ds | ||
| 42 : | Some of the problems are discussed there, | ||
| 43 : | anton | 1.1 | **C |
| 44 : | anton | 1.4 | Stuart Ramsden is doing a bit here. |
| 45 : | anton | 1.1 | **FORTRAN |
| 46 : | **C++ | ||
| 47 : | |||
| 48 : | *Windows and Graphics | ||
| 49 : | anton | 1.2 | **Ask Brian Dunn and Mike Hore for their OS-independent interface |
| 50 : | **use the Foreign Language Interface to make X-Windows support | ||
| 51 : | anton | 1.1 | |
| 52 : | *Program Development Environment | ||
| 53 : | Issues: Convenience, portability across plattforms, compatibility with | ||
| 54 : | existing tools (Emacs, F-PC) | ||
| 55 : | anton | 1.2 | ** Decompiler and Debugger |
| 56 : | need debugging | ||
| 57 : | anton | 1.4 | ** Profiling |
| 58 : | The way this (and perhaps also debugging features) could work is this: | ||
| 59 : | On compilation all code fields are remembered somewhere (using a | ||
| 60 : | special hook like etags). If the user now decides to profile part of | ||
| 61 : | the code, the corresponding code fields are replaced by fields | ||
| 62 : | pointing to code that performs the measurement (or whatever else is | ||
| 63 : | intended). | ||
| 64 : | anton | 1.2 | ** emacs support |
| 65 : | can be improved | ||
| 66 : | anton | 1.1 | **prefix file generator |
| 67 : | anton | 1.7 | extend or complement ans-report.fs to provide Forth definitions for |
| 68 : | the simple non-ANSI words. | ||
| 69 : | anton | 1.2 | ** rightcase |
| 70 : | A tool that converts all uses of words in a source text to the exact | ||
| 71 : | case of the definition. There's something like this out there on the | ||
| 72 : | net (Joerg Plewe has posted a reference), but I think a program that | ||
| 73 : | wires itself into the compiler (like etags.fs) is harder to fool by | ||
| 74 : | anton | 1.6 | search order tricks etc. EVALUATE is a problem. |
| 75 : | anton | 1.1 | |
| 76 : | *Object-Oriented Extensions | ||
| 77 : | anton | 1.2 | John Hayes has a portable package |
| 78 : | anton | 1.1 | |
| 79 : | *Documentation | ||
| 80 : | A texinfo file | ||
| 81 : | **glossaries of all wordsets. | ||
| 82 : | anton | 1.2 | *** Inclusion of stack comments, glossary comments, and wordset comments |
| 83 : | in all source files. | ||
| 84 : | anton | 1.1 | |
| 85 : | anton | 1.2 | * Distribution and Announcements |
| 86 : | anton | 1.1 | ** Write articles for (general-purpose) magazines |
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