README for pForth - a Portable ANS-like Forth written in ANSI 'C' by Phil Burk with Larry Polansky, David Rosenboom and Darren Gibbs. Support for 64-bit cells by Aleksej Saushev. Last updated: April 24, 2018 V28 Code for pForth is maintained on GitHub at: https://github.com/philburk/pforth Documentation for pForth at: http://www.softsynth.com/pforth/ For technical support please use the pForth forum at: http://groups.google.com/group/pforthdev -- LEGAL NOTICE ----------------------------------------- The pForth software code is dedicated to the public domain, and any third party may reproduce, distribute and modify the pForth software code or any derivative works thereof without any compensation or license. The pForth software code is provided on an "as is" basis without any warranty of any kind, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and their equivalents under the laws of any jurisdiction. -- Contents of SDK -------------------------------------- build - tools for building pForth on various platforms build/unix - Makefile for unix csrc - pForth kernel in ANSI 'C' csrc/pf_main.c - main() application for a standalone Forth csrc/stdio - I/O code using basic stdio for generic platforms csrc/posix - I/O code for Posix platform csrc/win32 - I/O code for basic WIN32 platform csrc/win32_console - I/O code for WIN32 console that supports command line history fth - Forth code fth/util - utility functions -- How to build pForth ------------------------------------ See pForth reference manual at: http://www.softsynth.com/pforth/pf_ref.php -- How to run pForth ------------------------------------ Once you have compiled and built the dictionary, just enter: pforth To compile source code files use: INCLUDE filename To create a custom dictionary enter in pForth: c" newfilename.dic" SAVE-FORTH The name must end in ".dic". To run PForth with the new dictionary enter in the shell: pforth -dnewfilename.dic To run PForth and automatically include a forth file: pforth myprogram.fth -- How to Test PForth ------------------------------------ You can test the Forth without loading a dictionary which might be necessary if the dictionary can't be built. Enter: pforth -i In pForth, enter: 3 4 + . In pForth, enter: loadsys In pForth, enter: 10 0 do i . loop PForth comes with a small test suite. To test the Core words, you can use the coretest developed by John Hayes. Enter: pforth Enter: include tester.fth Enter: include coretest.fth To run the other tests, enter: pforth t_corex.fth pforth t_strings.fth pforth t_locals.fth pforth t_alloc.fth They will report the number of tests that pass or fail.