retroforth/RELEASE-NOTES
crc cb22c59b5a add support multiple bases
This set of patches:

- adds a `Base` variable
- adds `decimal`, `hex`, `octal`, and `binary`
- extends `s:to-number` to support `Base`
- extends `n:to-string` to support `Base`
- updates the glossary to cover these

Additionally:

- removes the 1024 cell limit for the kernel
- adds a header cell (7) for the start of the text input buffer
- adds a header cell (8) for the end of the text input buffer
- updates most Nga implementations that use the text input buffer to look at
  this instead of hard coding the address

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# RetroForth 2021.7 (In-Progress) Release Notes
## Core Language
## Major Changes
- address 5 is now a pointer to `interpret`
- address 6 is now a pointor to `err:notfound`
- address 7 now points to TIB
- address 8 points to end of TIB
## Added
- `if:` and `-if:`
- `c:get` to retro.forth
- `s:get` to retro.forth
- `listen` to retro.forth
- added `Base`
- added `decimal`
- added `hex`
- added `octal`
- added `binary`
## Renamed
## I/O
## Toolchain
## VM
- all
- no longer hard code TIB address (pull from image instead)
- nga-c
- retro.c no longer does dictionary searches to find
needed resources in image
- shift instruction no longer using an unneeded multiply
(Arland Childers)
- retro-repl.c now uses an external image
- removed barebones.c (overlaps w/new retro-repl.c)
- retro-runtime.c now based on standard retro.c
- nga-nim
- fix bug in VM_SH
- minor formatting adjustments
- start work to report some errors
## Examples
- add archive, archive-info, archive-extract
- add delete-file
- variables-and-formulas now in UTF8 (Marcus Antonius)
## Documentation
- removed references to old command line arguments
- removed reference to the no longer existing "ok" prompt
- add a note that mentions that Retro does not display a prompt