--- gforth/NEWS 2003/02/23 21:16:59 1.9 +++ gforth/NEWS 2003/02/25 22:58:48 1.10 @@ -1,6 +1,20 @@ User-visible changes between 0.5.0 and 0.6.0: -added words: EDIT-LINE ID. .ID CONST-DOES> K-PRIOR K-NEXT K-DELETE SLURP-FILE SLURP-FID WORDLIST-WORDS +added words: EDIT-LINE ID. .ID CONST-DOES> K-PRIOR K-NEXT K-DELETE + SLURP-FILE SLURP-FID WORDLIST-WORDS SIMPLE-SEE [DEFINED] [UNDEFINED] + PARSE-WORD S\" .\" \"-PARSE STR= STR< STRING-PREFIX? EXECUTE-PARSING + EXECUTE-PARSING-FILE F.RDP F>STR-RDP F>BUF-RDP + +Large file support on OSs that support them (i.e., files with more + than 2GB on 32-bit machines). + +Default dictionary size is now 4MB. + +vi tags files can be built with tags.fs (usage like etags.fs). + +gforth.el mostly rewritten. + +S": interpreted use now ALLOCATEs the string (they live until BYE). Long word names (512MB on 32-bit systems) are now supported (change to the header format). @@ -12,10 +26,13 @@ Generalized prims2x.fs into Vmgen (see R New threaded code execution method: primitive-centric (allows the following), hybrid direct/indirect threaded (easier portability), with dynamic superinstructions (typical speedup on Athlon: factor - 2). New engine gforth-itc for dealing with some + 2). New engine gforth-itc for dealing with some potential backwards-compatibility problems (see "Invoking Gforth" in the manual). +New image file format. + + User-visible changes between 0.4.0 and 0.5.0: Changes in behaviour: