--- gforth/NEWS	2000/09/23 18:20:18	1.8
+++ gforth/NEWS	2003/03/09 12:54:31	1.12
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+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.
+
+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
+  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:
@@ -174,6 +211,25 @@ changed behaviour of SYSTEM (no longer r
 $?)  added (SYSTEM) ( c_addr u -- wretval wior ).
 ' and ['] now give an error for compile-only words.
 
+-----
+Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of Gforth.
+
+Gforth is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.#See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
+
 
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