@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libpez.la libpez_la_SOURCES = pez.c # I swear, the docs say this works: -# libpez_la_LIBTOOLFLAGS = -version-info 1:5:1 +# libpez_la_LIBTOOLFLAGS = -version-info 1:5:2 repl: pez$(EXEEXT) $(RLWRAP) ./pez$(EXEEXT) Makefile.am @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ Pez is a small, lightweight, 100% C (for now), embeddable or standalone, -public domain, portable dialect of Forth. It was originally based on -the Atlast system (see doc/CREDITS for more information), but the -feature set has been expanded significantly and there are flagrant -breaks with Forth compatibility. +public domain, portable, highly nonstandard dialect of Forth. It was +originally based on the Atlast system (see doc/CREDITS for more +information), but the feature set has been expanded significantly and +there are flagrant breaks with Forth compatibility. The primary goal of the Pez project, much like the goal of the Atlast project, is to bring dead-simple scriptability and dynamism to otherwise @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ OS-level facilities both added and planned. Pez is also designed to work well as a stand-alone language for general-purpose coding. And it's designed to be fun. -I highly recommend having a look at doc/atlast.pdf, written by Mr. -Walker in 1990, especially the introduction which is still shockingly -relevant now, about 20 years later. +I highly recommend having a look at doc/historic/atlast.pdf, written by +Mr. Walker in 1990, especially the introduction which is still +shockingly relevant now, about 20 years later. There are a number of benefits to adding user-level scripting to an application. You get a free doman-specific language to expose to users @@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ of memory for the REPL for a full system. Pez has added to the Atlast system a number of features: * Portability to 64-bit platforms -* A Foreign Function Interface, for dynamically loading libraries to interface - with system libraries. +* A Foreign Function Interface, for dynamically loading libraries to + interface with system libraries. * More complete access to standard system calls, such as fork(), exec(), etc. +* Regular expression support. +* Garbage collection. * Numerous small improvements, and more large improvements on the way. See doc/TODO. -* Regular expression support. I certainly hope that you find this codebase to be as useful and as much fun as I have. README @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.61) -AC_INIT([pez],[1.5.1],[pete.elmore@gmail.com]) +AC_INIT([pez],[1.5.2],[pete.elmore@gmail.com]) AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h:config.h.in]) AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4]) AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([pez.c]) -# AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(pez, 1.5.1) +# AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(pez, 1.5.2) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_LIBTOOL configure.ac 9210b6478803467bf0c4c611391b97aef4b2e096 Pete Elmore 1337p337@gmail.com http://github.com/pete/pez/commit/62975da84d75df2a5830174d7de33e292fa28d80 62975da84d75df2a5830174d7de33e292fa28d80 2009-10-31T23:55:43-07:00 2009-10-31T23:55:43-07:00 Version bump, doc update 1e366967f0e23ec853b40dec8075c889f353d903 Pete Elmore 1337p337@gmail.com