--- gforth/README 1998/12/20 23:17:54 1.27 +++ gforth/README 2002/12/27 12:32:52 1.47 @@ -1,30 +1,34 @@ +This snapshot is mainly intended as a Vmgen release. The Gforth part +has known bugs, and likely has portability problems (which Vmgen +inherits, of course) on anything but 386 and Alpha platforms. A +full-blown and portable release will be released Real Soon Now:-). + Gforth is a fast and portable implementation of the ANS Forth language. It works nicely with the Emacs editor, offers some nice features such as input completion and history and a powerful locals -facility, and it even has (the beginnings of) a manual. Gforth employs -traditional implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is -indirect or direct threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU -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 successfully on the -following platforms: i486-unknown-linuxaout, mips-dec-ultrix4.3, -sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4, alpha-dec-osf3.2, i586-unknown-linux, -hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.05, hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20, Windows 95 using DJGPP 2.0, -Windows 95 using CygWin32 beta 18, OS/2 3.0 using EMX 0.9c. - -Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, Windows -95, and OS/2. Mail bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems. To start -the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). +facility, and it even has a manual. Gforth employs traditional +implementation techniques: its inner innerpreter is indirect or direct +threaded. Gforth is distributed under the GNU General Public license +(see COPYING). + +Gforth runs under Unix, Win95, OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to +port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested +successfully on the following platforms: + +i686-pc-linux-gnu + +Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, +Windows 95, and OS/2. 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 +You can find new versions of Gforth at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gforth/ +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 +The latter site also 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 @@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ the rest of the documentation, so here's Add-ons: code.fs random.fs more.fs ansi.fs colorize.fs -oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs +oof.fs oofsampl.fs objects.fs blocked.fb tasker.fs Utilities: ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs @@ -58,8 +62,7 @@ Games: tt.fs sokoban.fs Test programs (for testing Forth systems): -tester.fs coretest.fs postponetest.fs dbltest.fs -checkans.fs wordsets.fs +test/*.fs Benchmarks: bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs @@ -67,15 +70,19 @@ bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: compat/*.fs other.fs -There's a mailing list for things around Gforth that aren't bugs -(suggestions, discussions, etc.). To post, send your mail to -GForth@ChaosSolutions.com. To subscribe, send a mail to -Mdaemon@ChaosSolutions.com with: +For discussions about Gforth, use the Usenet newsgroup +comp.lang.forth. If you prefer not to post on Usenet, there is also a +mailing list: GForth@ChaosSolutions.org. To subscribe, send a mail to +gforth-subscribe@chaossolutions.org@ChaosSolutions.org with: subscribe GForth -as the first and only line within the message body. +as the first and only line within the message body. Submit bug +reports through + +https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth +(whether you post them or not). - anton anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at