retroforth/RELEASE_NOTES.md
crc 218c46269d minor updates, new server examples
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2019-06-27 17:20:03 +00:00

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RETRO 2019.7

This is the changelog for the development builds of Retro. The version number is likely to change; I'm targetting an early July window for this release.

Bug Fixes

  • all
    • strl* functions now renamed, included on all builds
    • d:add-header is extended by retro.forth to remap spaces back to underscores when creating headers
    • fix overflow issue with n:MIN, n:MAX
  • build
    • fix compile issue under Solaris
  • retro-unix
    • clock:year corrected
    • clock:month corrected
  • examples
    • fixed issue in mail.forth

Build

  • Merged Linux & BSD Makefiles

Core Language

  • new words
    • a:fetch
    • a:store
    • s:replace-all
  • renamed
    • a:nth to a:th
    • v:update-using to v:update
  • performance improvements
    • times
    • times<with-index>
    • while
    • until

Documentation

  • merged BSD, Linux, macOS build instructions
  • updated Starting instructions
  • added implementation notes on arrays
  • updated the initial word table in rx.muri
  • added a man page for retro-describe

Toolchain

  • fixed a bug in the glossary server

Examples

  • new examples
    • bury.forth
    • compat.forth
    • gopher.forth
    • magic-8th-ball.forth
    • mandelbrot.forth
    • RFC865.forth
    • RFC867.forth
    • shell.forth
    • sqlite3 wrapper
    • unix-does-user-exist.forth
  • improved examples
    • 99bottles.forth
    • edit.forth
  • other
    • publish-examples.forth now uses retro-document to generate glossaries

General

  • reorganized directory tree

I/O

  • retro-unix (rre)
    • added clock:utc: namespace
    • remove gopher downloader
    • add sockets interface
    • add unix:slurp-pipe

Interfaces

  • retro-compiler
    • runtime now supports scripting arguments
  • retro-unix
    • remove FullScreenListener
    • ok prompt now a hook
    • rewrite the listener
  • retro-c#
    • restored this to the source tree
  • native
    • better 0x prefix handling

Notes for the future:

In a future release, the examples will start using a .retro file name extension rather than .forth to avoid possible confusion with other systems that use .forth (e.g., MPE).