7 Ficl is a complete programming language interpreter designed to be embedded
8 into other systems (including firmware based ones) as a command, macro,
9 and development prototype language. Ficl stands for "Forth Inspired
12 For more information, please see the "doc" directory.
13 For release notes, please see "doc/releases.html".
18 Ficl builds out-of-the-box on the following platforms:
19 * NetBSD, FreeBSD: use "Makefile".
20 * Linux: use "Makefile.linux", but it should work with
22 * Win32: use "ficl.dsw" / "ficl.dsp".
23 To port to other platforms, we suggest you start with the generic
24 "Makefile" and the "unix.c" / "unix.h" platform-specific implementation
25 files. (And please--feel free to submit your portability changes!)
27 (Note: Ficl used to build under RiscOS, but we broke everything
28 for the 4.0 release. Please fix it and send us the diffs!)
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