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Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing?

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David Kuehling wrote:

>>>>>> "Assad" == Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Fair enough.
> 
>> So I've tracked down the version that has abi-code: it's GForth 0.7.9.
>> ( http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/dvdkhlng/gforth.pdf )
> 
> Ah, no, this is just a pdf generated from a (pretty old?) CVS-Snapshot
> of the Gforth sources.  (Note: since then development switched to git).
> 
>> What's the plan for 0.7.9?
> 
> Good question.

Get the more serious changes (new header structure) stabilized enough to 
roll out a release.  That of course requires testing.  Testing in free 
software means volunteers who use it.  So if you want to make it happen, 
stop using 0.7.0, start using Git.

>> The abi-code stuff seemed fairly complete (at least conceptually) four
>> years ago based on this thread:
>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.forth/BnVnZ1SQoTc/duOn3N8pzckJ
> 
>> Is it awaiting additional features before it becomes an 0.8.0?
> 
> I'm also waiting for it.  But just using Git HEAD or a snapshot is not
> as bad as it sounds.  I'm almost exclusively using the development
> version myself.  Note that there was recently an ABI-CODE regression, so
> if you go with Git, go with the latest version.

Yes, the ABI-CODE stuff was an example of what needed to be fixed before 
making a distribution.  We had a speed regression (thanks to recent GCCs), 
and the Android version, which is a highlight of the upcoming 0.8, also 
needed some serious development.  We still have some troubles with the swig-
based library stuff (and the integration of the swig module into swig 
upstream isn't completed).  I've ironed out a number of problems with 
pthread-based multitasking in the past months.

When you have big plans, it takes longer to get a release.  But the git 
version can be used, and I do upload snapshots, which build without having 
to install another (older) version of Gforth.

>> Any chance of an interim Windows binary for it? :D
> 
> You could install Cygwin and build your version from source.  I almost
> don't use windows, I hope there are more qualified people around to help
> with or provide a build (try asking on the Gforth mailing list).

Noone in the Gforth core team actively uses Windows for anything else than 
gaming.  Since last year, the German tax forms can be run on Linux, so I 
don't have any reasons left to boot Windows.

-- 
Bernd Paysan
"If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"
http://bernd-paysan.de/

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Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assad.ebrahim@alum.swarthmore.edu> - 2014-04-01 00:10 +0100
  Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? David Kuehling <dvdkhlng@posteo.de> - 2014-04-01 06:34 +0200
    Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-01 00:19 -0700
  Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-04-01 15:53 +0000
    Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-01 13:12 -0700
      Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-01 23:06 +0200
        Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-01 14:42 -0700
        Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-01 18:04 -0700
          Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? David Kuehling <dvdkhlng@posteo.de> - 2014-04-02 09:41 +0200
            Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-02 12:27 +0200
              Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-02 10:35 -0700
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-02 20:49 +0200
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2014-04-02 16:44 -0700
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-03 05:12 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-04-03 04:14 -0700
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-03 08:26 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-03 23:04 +0200
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-04 02:36 -0400
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-04 03:38 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-04-04 15:19 +0200
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-04 18:03 -0400
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-05 09:12 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assad.ebrahim@alum.swarthmore.edu> - 2014-04-05 15:37 +0100
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-04-07 23:25 -0700
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-08 06:13 -0400
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Assad Ebrahim <assad.ebrahim@alum.swarthmore.edu> - 2014-04-03 12:39 +0100
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-04-03 08:33 -0500
                Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-04-03 10:47 +0000
  Re: Maximum heap memory available to GForth when allot-ing? hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-04-01 16:36 -0700

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