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version 1.14, 2003/03/09 17:16:38 version 1.19, 2003/08/25 14:57:22
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   User-visible changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
   
   Bug fixes (in particular, gforth-0.6.2 compiles with gcc-3.3)
   New words: LATEST, LATESTXT (LASTXT deprecated)
   Operating environment: Added optional support for a C interface built
     on the ffcall libraries (more portable and powerful than the old
     one, but still not documented).  To use it, the ffcall libraries
     have to be installed before building Gforth (see INSTALL).
   Miscellaneous: Gforth-fast now uses static superinstructions (some
     speedup on some platforms); generally this is transparent (apart
     from the speedup), but there are lots of command-line options for
     controlling the static superinstruction generation.
   
   
   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:  User-visible changes between 0.5.0 and 0.6.0:
   
 Changes in behaviour:  Changes in behaviour:
Line 9  New threaded code execution method: prim Line 28  New threaded code execution method: prim
   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).
   
 Operating environment:  Operating environment:
   
 Default dictionary size is now 4MB.  Default dictionary size is now 4MB.
 Large file support on OSs that support them (i.e., files with more  Large file support on OSs that support them (i.e., files with more
   than 2GB on 32-bit machines).    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).  vi tags files can be built with tags.fs (usage like etags.fs).
 gforth.el mostly rewritten.  gforth.el mostly rewritten.
 New image file format.  New image file format.
Line 28  Keyboard input: EDIT-LINE K-PRIOR K-NEXT Line 47  Keyboard input: EDIT-LINE K-PRIOR K-NEXT
 File input: SLURP-FILE SLURP-FID   File input: SLURP-FILE SLURP-FID 
 Programming tools: ID. .ID WORDLIST-WORDS SIMPLE-SEE  Programming tools: ID. .ID WORDLIST-WORDS SIMPLE-SEE
 Conditional execution: [DEFINED] [UNDEFINED]  Conditional execution: [DEFINED] [UNDEFINED]
 Defining Words: CONST-DOES>  Defining Words: CONST-DOES> ]]
 Input stream: PARSE-WORD EXECUTE-PARSING EXECUTE-PARSING-FILE  Input stream: PARSE-WORD EXECUTE-PARSING EXECUTE-PARSING-FILE
 String comparison: STR= STR< STRING-PREFIX?  String comparison: STR= STR< STRING-PREFIX?
 String literals: S\" .\" \"-PARSE  String literals: S\" .\" \"-PARSE
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