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User-visible changes between 0.5.0 and 0.6.0: |
User-visible changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2: |
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added words: EDIT-LINE ID. .ID CONST-DOES> K-PRIOR K-NEXT K-DELETE |
bugfixes (in particular, gforth-0.6.2 compiles with gcc-3.3) |
SLURP-FILE SLURP-FID WORDLIST-WORDS SIMPLE-SEE [DEFINED] [UNDEFINED] |
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PARSE-WORD S\" .\" \"-PARSE STR= STR< STRING-PREFIX? EXECUTE-PARSING |
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EXECUTE-PARSING-FILE F.RDP F>STR-RDP F>BUF-RDP |
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Large file support on OSs that support them (i.e., files with more |
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than 2GB on 32-bit machines). |
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Gforth can now deal with well with broken pipes in most situations. |
User-visible changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1: |
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Default dictionary size is now 4MB. |
Bug fixes (installation on big-endian machines sometimes did not work) |
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vi tags files can be built with tags.fs (usage like etags.fs). |
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gforth.el mostly rewritten. |
User-visible changes between 0.5.0 and 0.6.0: |
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S": interpreted use now ALLOCATEs the string (they live until BYE). |
Changes in behaviour: |
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S": interpreted use now ALLOCATEs the string (they live until BYE). |
Long word names (512MB on 32-bit systems) are now supported (change to |
Long word names (512MB on 32-bit systems) are now supported (change to |
the header format). |
the header format). |
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Generalized prims2x.fs into Vmgen (see README.vmgen etc.); used the |
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new capabilities in prims (e.g., automatic handling of the return |
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stack and instruction stream). |
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New threaded code execution method: primitive-centric (allows the |
New threaded code execution method: primitive-centric (allows the |
following), hybrid direct/indirect threaded (easier portability), |
following), hybrid direct/indirect threaded (easier portability), |
with dynamic superinstructions (typical speedup on Athlon: factor |
with dynamic superinstructions (typical speedup on Athlon: factor |
2). New engine gforth-itc for dealing with some potential |
2). New engine gforth-itc for dealing with some potential |
backwards-compatibility problems (see "Invoking Gforth" in the |
backwards-compatibility problems (see "Direct or Indirect Threaded?" |
manual). |
in the manual). |
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Operating environment: |
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Default dictionary size is now 4MB. |
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Large file support on OSs that support them (i.e., files with more |
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than 2GB on 32-bit machines). |
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Gforth can now deal well with broken pipes in most situations. |
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vi tags files can be built with tags.fs (usage like etags.fs). |
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gforth.el mostly rewritten. |
New image file format. |
New image file format. |
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New words: |
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Keyboard input: EDIT-LINE K-PRIOR K-NEXT K-DELETE |
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File input: SLURP-FILE SLURP-FID |
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Programming tools: ID. .ID WORDLIST-WORDS SIMPLE-SEE |
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Conditional execution: [DEFINED] [UNDEFINED] |
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Defining Words: CONST-DOES> ]] |
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Input stream: PARSE-WORD EXECUTE-PARSING EXECUTE-PARSING-FILE |
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String comparison: STR= STR< STRING-PREFIX? |
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String literals: S\" .\" \"-PARSE |
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Floating point output: F.RDP F>STR-RDP F>BUF-RDP |
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Miscellaneous: |
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Generalized prims2x.fs into Vmgen (see README.vmgen etc.); used the |
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new capabilities in prims (e.g., automatic handling of the return |
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stack and instruction stream). |
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User-visible changes between 0.4.0 and 0.5.0: |
User-visible changes between 0.4.0 and 0.5.0: |
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