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RETRO 12.2019.6

This is the changelog for the development builds of Retro. I am currently planning to have the next release occur in June 2019.

Bug Fixes

Build

  • parallel builds now work
  • refactor Makefile
  • support for adding custom code to an image at build time (see packages/list)
  • only build the toolchain and retro binary by default

Core Language

  • remove set:from-results
  • add if;
  • add -if;
  • add hook
  • add set-hook
  • add unhook
  • c:put primitive is a hookable word

I/O and Extensions

Floating Point

  • add f:between?
  • add f:case
  • add f:dec
  • add f:drop-pair
  • add f:dup-pair
  • add f:dump-stack
  • add f:inc
  • add f:limit
  • add f:max
  • add f:min
  • add f:nip
  • add f:pop
  • add f:push
  • add f:rot
  • add f:sign
  • add u:scaling
  • improved f:tuck
  • improved f:over

Unix

  • add unix:get-cwd
  • add unix:count-files-in-cwd
  • add unix:for-each-file

Nga

Interfaces

  • use strlcpy, strlcat instead of strcpy and strcat
  • include copies of the above for users of glibc
  • add retro-compiler
  • add random number generator

retro

  • add random number generator
  • add -u filename startup parameter to allow selection of image file
  • add image:save

retro-compiler

  • new interface for creating turnkey executables on bsd, linux

retro-ri

  • support switching between multiple copies of the image
  • add random number generator
  • add image:save

native

  • add port i/o words
  • add cmos rtc driver
  • add serial port driver
  • now builds properly on openbsd

Tools

  • use strlcpy, strlcat instead of strcpy and strcat
  • retro-extend: cleaner output
  • retro-extend: remove unused code
  • retro-extend: allow multiple files
  • retro-extend: reduce memory usage
  • retro-extend: fix potential buffer overrun
  • muri: remove the unused c directive

Other

Documentation

  • add a collection of papers
  • refactor glossary tool
  • add HTML version of the Glossary
  • add more concise text copies of the Glossary
  • add man pages
  • add BUILDING.md

Examples

  • add Abort.forth
  • add ANS-PICK-ROLL.forth
  • add atua-gophermap.forth
  • add Block-Editor.forth
  • add Buffer.forth
  • add CaptureOutput.forth
  • add DisplayNames.forth
  • add EDA.forth
  • add EvaluateString.forth
  • add FloatVar.forth
  • add Forget.forth
  • add HTML.forth
  • add KeyValueStore.forth
  • add Marker.forth
  • add NamingQuotes.forth
  • add NetFetch.forth
  • add paste.forth
  • add PasteToSprunge.forth
  • add retro-extend.forth
  • add retro-embedimage.forth
  • add SaveAndRestoreStack.forth
  • add share.forth and shared.forth
  • add uuencode.forth
  • add uudecode.forth
  • fix test block in defstruct.forth
  • switch to dvorak key bindings in Roo.forth
  • remove Hooks.forth (now in core language)
  • improved edit.forth from Kiyoshi
  • Casket-HTTP now supports server side scripting

Final Notes