--- gforth/README 1995/11/28 18:45:27 1.8 +++ gforth/README 1999/05/06 21:33:32 1.36 @@ -1,19 +1,40 @@ 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 a powerful locals facility, and 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 on Linux (for -Intel), SunOS (SPARC), Ultrix (MIPS) before release. +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, 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-osf4.0b +checking host system type... alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu +checking host system type... hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 +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... mips-sgi-irix6.2 +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 -Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail -gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems. To start +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). +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 @@ -22,13 +43,48 @@ the documentation and the foreign langua On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions: -*.fs Forth stream source file -*.fi Forth image files -*.fb Forth blocks file +*.fs Forth stream source file (include with "include " from within + gforth, or start with "gforth ...") +*.fi Forth image files (start with "gforth -i ") +*.fb Forth blocks file (load with "use 1 load") *.i C include files *.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 blocked.fb tasker.fs + +Utilities: +ans-report.fs etags.fs glosgen.fs filedump.fs + +Games: +tt.fs sokoban.fs + +Test programs (for testing Forth systems): +test/*.fs + +Benchmarks: +bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs + +ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions: +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.com. To subscribe, send a mail to +MDaemon@ChaosSolutions.com with: + +subscribe GForth + +as the first and only line within the message body. Send bug reports +to bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu (whether you post them or not). + + - 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