--- gforth/stuff.fs 1999/02/16 06:32:30 1.10 +++ gforth/stuff.fs 2000/09/23 15:46:59 1.16 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ \ miscelleneous words -\ Copyright (C) 1996,1997,1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +\ Copyright (C) 1996,1997,1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. \ This file is part of Gforth. @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ \ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License \ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software -\ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. +\ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. ' require alias needs ( ... "name" -- ... ) \ gforth -\G an alias for @code{require}; exists on other systems (e.g., Win32Forth). +\G An alias for @code{require}; exists on other systems (e.g., Win32Forth). \ needs is an F-PC name. we will probably switch to 'needs' in the future \ a little more compiler security @@ -36,20 +36,21 @@ AUser CSP \ DMIN and DMAX -: dmin ( d1 d2 -- d ) \ double +: dmin ( d1 d2 -- d ) \ double d-min 2over 2over d> IF 2swap THEN 2drop ; -: dmax ( d1 d2 -- d ) \ double + +: dmax ( d1 d2 -- d ) \ double d-max 2over 2over d< IF 2swap THEN 2drop ; \ shell commands 0 Value $? ( -- n ) \ gforth dollar-question -\G VALUE: The exit status returned by the most recently executed +\G @code{Value} -- the exit status returned by the most recently executed \G @code{system} command. -: system ( addr u -- ) \ gforth -\G Pass the string specified by c-addr, u to the host operating system +: system ( c-addr u -- ) \ gforth +\G Pass the string specified by @var{c-addr u} to the host operating system \G for execution in a sub-shell. (system) throw TO $? ;