--- gforth/README 1995/12/08 18:01:07 1.9 +++ gforth/README 1996/11/11 16:59:15 1.19 @@ -7,13 +7,26 @@ indirect or direct threaded. Gforth is General Public license (see COPYING). Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other -systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested on Linux (for -Intel), SunOS (SPARC), Ultrix (MIPS) before release. +systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on +the following platforms: i486-unknown-linuxaout, i586-unknown-linux, +alpha-dec-osf3.2, mips-dec-ultrix4.3, sparc-sun-sunos4.1.3_U1, +sparc-unknown-netbsd1.2 (configured with ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0, see +INSTALL), hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.05, hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20. Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail -gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems. To start +bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). +You can find new versions of Gforth at prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirrors +or at + +http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/ +or +ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth/gforth/ + +The latter site contains binary distributions of Gforth for some +popular platforms. + If you want to work on Gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found in ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, it's ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are @@ -29,6 +42,31 @@ On popular request, here are the meaning *.ds documenation source *TAGS etags files +A number of Forth source files are included in this package that are +not necessary for building Gforth. Not all of them are mentioned in +the rest of the documentation, so here's a short overview: + +Add-ons: +code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs +oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs + +Utilities: +ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs + +Games: +tt.fs sokoban.fs + +Test programs (for testing Forth systems): +tester.fs coretest.fs postponetest.fs dbltest.fs +checkans.fs wordsets.fs + +Benchmarks: +bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs sieve.fs + +ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: +compat/*.fs other.fs + + - anton anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at -http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html \ No newline at end of file +http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html