--- gforth/NEWS 2003/03/09 17:16:38 1.14 +++ gforth/NEWS 2003/03/22 10:15:49 1.17 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +User-visible changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1: + +Bug fixes (installation on big-endian machines sometimes did not work) + + User-visible changes between 0.5.0 and 0.6.0: Changes in behaviour: @@ -9,15 +14,15 @@ New threaded code execution method: prim 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). + backwards-compatibility problems (see "Direct or Indirect Threaded?" + 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 with well with broken pipes in most situations. +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. @@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ Keyboard input: EDIT-LINE K-PRIOR K-NEXT File input: SLURP-FILE SLURP-FID Programming tools: ID. .ID WORDLIST-WORDS SIMPLE-SEE Conditional execution: [DEFINED] [UNDEFINED] -Defining Words: CONST-DOES> +Defining Words: CONST-DOES> ]] Input stream: PARSE-WORD EXECUTE-PARSING EXECUTE-PARSING-FILE String comparison: STR= STR< STRING-PREFIX? String literals: S\" .\" \"-PARSE