--- gforth/NEWS	2000/09/23 18:20:18	1.8
+++ gforth/NEWS	2003/08/08 13:28:48	1.18
@@ -1,3 +1,56 @@
+User-visible changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
+
+bugfixes (in particular, gforth-0.6.2 compiles with gcc-3.3)
+
+
+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:
+
+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).
+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 "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 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:
 
 Changes in behaviour:
@@ -174,6 +227,25 @@ 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) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003 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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