retroforth/RELEASE_NOTES.md
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RETRO 2019.12

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

Bug Fixes

  • (all) strl* functions now only compiled if using GLIBC.
  • (all) d:add-header is extended by retro.forth to remap spaces back to underscores
  • (doc) fixed stack comments in glossary
  • (ex ) fixed issue in mail.forth
  • (rre) clock:year corrected
  • (rre) clock:month corrected

Build

  • Merged Linux & BSD Makefiles

Core Language

  • rename: a:nth to a:th
  • rename: v:update-using to v:update
  • add: a:fetch
  • add: a:store

Documentation

  • merged BSD, Linux, macOS build instructions
  • updated Starting instructions
  • added implementation notes on arrays

Examples

  • add bury.forth
  • add compat.forth
  • add gopher.forth
  • add magic-8th-ball.forth
  • add mandelbrot.forth
  • add shell.forth
  • add sqlite3 wrapper
  • corrected an issue in mail.forth
  • cleanup publish-examples.forth
  • publish-examples.forth now uses retro-document to generate glossaries

General

  • reorganized directory tree

I/O

  • (rre) added clock:utc: namespace
  • (rre) remove gopher downloader

Interfaces

  • retro-compiler: runtime now supports scripting arguments
  • retro-unix: replaces earlier rre.c
  • retro-windows: rre, adapted for windows