retroforth/RELEASE_NOTES.md

RETRO 12 - 2018.6 - WIP

Major Changes:

• renamed s:with-format to s:format
• renamed puts to s:put
• renamed putn to n:put
• renamed putf to f:put
• renamed putc to c:put
• renamed getc to c:get
• renamed gets to s:get
• renamed words to d:words

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• removed tors
• add file:open<for-reading> to RRE
• add file:open<for-append> to RRE
• add file:open<for-writing> to RRE

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Bug fixes:

• use CELL instead of int in the VM
• glossary.forth now renders < > and & when serving the index as HTML

Build:

Core Language:

• renamed s:with-format to s:format
• renamed puts to s:put
• renamed putn to n:put
• renamed putf to f:put
• renamed putc to c:put
• renamed getc to c:get
• renamed gets to s:get
• renamed words to d:words
• add d:words-with
• add set:make
• add { and } to create sets

Interfaces:

• rre:

  • no longer use ```` for code blocks; use ~~~ instead
  • added f:NAN
  • added f:INF
  • added f:-INF
  • added f:nan?
  • added f:inf?
  • added f:-inf?
  • added f:sqrt
  • added "-t" command line argument to run tests
  • rewrote command line handler
  • added file:open<for-reading>
  • added file:open<for-append>
  • added file:open<for-writing>

• javascript/html

  • cleaned up user interface (closer to the iOS UI now)
  • simplified, cleaned up CSS a bit

Other:

Documentation:

Examples:

• fix numerous spelling errors (thanks hannah!)
• add example showing a means of addressing specific bytes
• add example showing assertions
• add example showing hooks/deferred words

Final Notes: