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# RETRO 12 - 2018.12
In this release, the executables have been renamed to avoid
naming conflicts with other applications and packages.
old name new name
========== ================
rre retro
embedimage retro-embedimage
extend retro-extend
muri retro-muri
repl retro-repl
ri retro-ri
unu retro-unu
The addition of the new `|` prefix makes compiler macros
easier to write. Contrast:
:IF &[ class:macro ; immediate
:THEN &] class:macro &choose class:word ; immediate
:IF |[ ; immediate
:THEN |] |choose ; immediate
## Bug Fixes
## Build
- add `Makefile.linux` to help with building on some Linux systems
- recreate `bin` if it's not present
## Core Language
- add `c:to-number`
- minor optimizations throughout
- `s:format` now treats `\0` as ASCII NUL
- added `prefix:|` for use with compiler macros
- inline some stack shufflers for better performance and code density
- add `set:counted-results`
- deprecate `set:from-results`
## Interfaces
### retro (formerly rre)
- moved Windows implementation to `interfaces/windows`
- now starts the listener when run w/o any arguments
- added `-s` command line parameter to silence input echo & ok prompt
- merged in the FloatingPointEncoding words (`u:` namespace)
- added `f:store`, `f:fetch`
## Tools
- added commentary to Unu
- Retro implementation of Unu
- Retro implementation of Muri
## Other
## Documentation
- Glossary expanded to cover the new words
## Examples
## Final Notes