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 This is the current state (alpha) of gforth. This is not a  Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth
 distribution for the general public, since it is not yet mature  language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice
 enough. There is no warranty of any kind; this program is  features such as input completion and history and a powerful locals
 distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING).  facility, and it even has (the beginnings of) a manual. Gforth employs
   traditional implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is
 You will probably find a Linux binary included in the package and the  indirect or direct threaded.  Gforth is distributed under the GNU
 configuration set up for Linux. If you want to install it on another  General Public license (see COPYING).
 system, read INSTALL and I wish you good luck (Mail us if you have  
 problems).  Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other
   systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on
 To start the system just say `gforth'. This gives you a pretty barren  Linux (for Intel), SunOS (SPARC) and Ultrix (MIPS).
 system. `gforth startup.fs' gives you most ANSI wordsets. If you miss  
 a word, just grep for it in *.fs.  Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail
   gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems.  To start
 If you want to work on gforth, mail me an encrypted UNIX password  the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it).
 (i.e., what you find in /etc/passwd). Tasks to be done can be found in  
 ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, it's  You can find new versions of Gforth at
 ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are doing. The  
 most important tasks IMO are the configuartion script, the missing ANS  http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth
 Forth words (musts before the alpha release), speeding up the loading  or
 of startup.fs, the documentation, adding readline and the foreign  ftp://ftp.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/forth
 language interface for C.  
   This site will also contain binary distributions of Gforth for some
   popular platforms when it has proved stable.
   
   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
   doing. The most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words,
   the documentation and the foreign language interface for C.
   
   On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions:
   
   *.fs    Forth stream source file
   *.fi    Forth image files
   *.fb    Forth blocks file
   *.i     C include files
   *.ds    documenation source
   *TAGS   etags files
   
 - anton  - anton
   anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at
   http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html
   

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