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Progress towards 8.1
« on: July 07, 2005, 02:26:37 AM »

Here's what's done and what's being worked on right now:

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-  In the repository  ------------------------------------------
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* RetroForth 8.1
  * Bugfixes
    * Segfault on startup in generic and generic+ffi on some
      machines
    * Fixed bug in "from"
    * Error message and cleanup on invalid "import"
  * Editor
    * No longer uses colors
    * source/blocks/edit now part of the common core
  * New Features
    * "vimport" added to Generic+FFI and Windows
    * Native can now be installed to/booted from a hard disk
* Library
  * Added
    * session
      * save and reload the current session
      * works under Linux and Windows
    * records
      * create and use something similar to "structures" in
        other languages
  * Fixed
    * allegro
      * Invalid import of "fastline" was removed
* RDEV 5
  * Simplify top-level Makefile
  * Roll all top-level scripts into the Makefile
  * Make it easier to add new ports
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-  In Development (not in the repository)  ---------------------
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* Library
  * Retrospect
    * "inspect" now recognizes where most words end
    * "inspect" now makes used of nested scopes
  * bfi
    * A BrainF*** interpreter
  * lisp
    * The start of a lisp in forth
    * Supports creating lists and getting elements from them
  * tasks
    * Simple, cooperative multitasking
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I'll revise this from time to time as things change.
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