--- gforth/NEWS 2003/03/09 12:54:31 1.12 +++ gforth/NEWS 2003/03/09 22:13:50 1.15 @@ -1,30 +1,10 @@ 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 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). - -Gforth can now deal with well with broken pipes in most situations. - -Default dictionary size is now 4MB. - -vi tags files can be built with tags.fs (usage like etags.fs). - -gforth.el mostly rewritten. +Changes in behaviour: 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). - -Generalized prims2x.fs into Vmgen (see README.vmgen etc.); used the - new capabilities in prims (e.g., automatic handling of the return - stack and instruction stream). - New threaded code execution method: primitive-centric (allows the following), hybrid direct/indirect threaded (easier portability), with dynamic superinstructions (typical speedup on Athlon: factor @@ -32,8 +12,34 @@ New threaded code execution method: prim backwards-compatibility problems (see "Invoking Gforth" in the manual). +Operating environment: + +Default dictionary size is now 4MB. +Large file support on OSs that support them (i.e., files with more + than 2GB on 32-bit machines). +Gforth can now deal well with broken pipes in most situations. +vi tags files can be built with tags.fs (usage like etags.fs). +gforth.el mostly rewritten. New image file format. +New words: + +Keyboard input: EDIT-LINE K-PRIOR K-NEXT K-DELETE +File input: SLURP-FILE SLURP-FID +Programming tools: ID. .ID WORDLIST-WORDS SIMPLE-SEE +Conditional execution: [DEFINED] [UNDEFINED] +Defining Words: CONST-DOES> +Input stream: PARSE-WORD EXECUTE-PARSING EXECUTE-PARSING-FILE +String comparison: STR= STR< STRING-PREFIX? +String literals: S\" .\" \"-PARSE +Floating point output: F.RDP F>STR-RDP F>BUF-RDP + +Miscellaneous: + +Generalized prims2x.fs into Vmgen (see README.vmgen etc.); used the + new capabilities in prims (e.g., automatic handling of the return + stack and instruction stream). + User-visible changes between 0.4.0 and 0.5.0: @@ -212,7 +218,7 @@ $?) added (SYSTEM) ( c_addr u -- wretva ' and ['] now give an error for compile-only words. ----- -Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of Gforth.