--- gforth/README 2000/09/23 18:20:18 1.42 +++ gforth/README 2002/12/27 12:32:52 1.47 @@ -1,27 +1,25 @@ +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). +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: -checking host system type... alpha-dec-osf4.0d -checking host system type... alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu -checking host system type... i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1 -checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu -checking host system type... mips-dec-ultrix4.3 -checking host system type... powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu -checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1 -checking host system type... sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4 +i686-pc-linux-gnu Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, -Windows 95, and OS/2. Mail bug-gforth@gnu.org if you have problems. -To start the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it). +Windows 95, and OS/2. To start the system, just say `gforth' (after +installing it). You can find new versions of Gforth at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gforth/ and its mirrors or at @@ -75,13 +73,16 @@ compat/*.fs other.fs 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 -MDaemon@ChaosSolutions.org with: +gforth-subscribe@chaossolutions.org@ChaosSolutions.org with: subscribe GForth -as the first and only line within the message body. Send bug reports -to bug-gforth@gnu.org (whether you post them or not). +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