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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 a powerful locals facility, and even has (the
 distributed under the GNU General Public license (see COPYING).  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).
   
 Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail us  Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other
 (anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at,paysan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) if  systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested on Linux (for
 you have problems.  Intel), SunOS (SPARC), Ultrix (MIPS) before release.
   
 To start the system just say `gforth'. This gives you a pretty barren  Read INSTALL for installation instructions. Mail
 system. `gforth startup.fs' gives you most ANSI wordsets. If you miss  gforth-bugs@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at if you have problems.  To start
 a word, just grep for it in *.fs.  the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it).
   
 If you want to work on gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found in  If you want to work on Gforth, mail me. Tasks to be done can be found
 ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there, it's  in ToDo; but if you would like to do something not mentioned there,
 ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are doing. The  it's ok, too. In any case, we would like to hear what you are
 most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words (musts before  doing. The most important tasks IMO are the missing ANS Forth words,
 the alpha release), the documentation and the foreign language  the documentation and the foreign language interface for C.
 interface for C.  
   
 On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions:  On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions:
   
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