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- RiscOS Forthmacs description
-
- RiscOS Forthmacs 3.0 is a port of the long-existing workstation FORTH-83
- dialect Forthmacs. It has been widely used on Sparc, Sun-68k, Macintosh,
- Atari-ST., OS9 and other workstations for a number of years.
- It's exeptionally stable and has been the basis of the Open Boot architecture
- (The debugging rom level of all Sparc-stations).
-
- RiscOS Forthmacs is an optimized, direct threaded code port on ARM machines
- and comes complete with the a complete software developing environment.
-
- assembler (bi-endian, macros, extentable, structures)
- debuggers (highlevel, machine-code)
- disassembler, decompiler
- object-handling (multiple-code fields)
- local variables
- shelled applications with Forthmacs swapping in/out
- expect history
- command-completion
- SWI compiler interface
- runtime profiler
- rs-232 interface using !SerialDev
- multitasking
- ....
-
- Users are asked to registrate (40 Pds), they will get a printed 200p manual,
- and more online documentation. They also will be supported by me and the
- Forthmacs server which sends regular bug-fixing letters to all customers.
-
- The METAcompiler including all sources plus more tools for cross-platform
- developing is also available (40pds), additional assemblers will be given
- on request. This is ONLE available for registered users.
-
- RiscOS Forthmacs including all sources IS copyrighted, BUT you may copy
- the "Working Disc" or the "Forthmacs.archive" without any charge. The
- sources and the metacompile MUST NEVER be given away.
-
- Hanno Schwalm support@4thware.winnet.de
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