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authorBryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2017-02-20 00:05:34 -0800
committerBryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2017-02-20 00:05:34 -0800
commit50eb784bfcf15ee3c6b0b53d747db92673395040 (patch)
tree60f039bb5aa27bc58d92ab0c7bab0d82dbfe7686 /README
parentae2b295c7deaf2d7c18ad1ed9b6050970e56bae7 (diff)
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diff --git a/README b/README
index d22b8cf..8266887 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This directory contains the distribution of scm5e2. Scm conforms to
+This directory contains the distribution of scm5e3. Scm conforms to
Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme and the IEEE P1178
specification. SCM runs under Amiga, Atari-ST, MacOS, MS-DOS, OS/2,
NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Unix and similar systems.
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Unix and similar systems.
`build.scm' database for compiling and linking new SCM programs.
`byte.c' strings as bytes.
`compile.scm' Hobbit compilation to C.
+`continue-ia64.S'replaces make_root_continuation(), make_continuation(),
+ and dynthrow() in continue.c
`continue.c' continuations.
`continue.h' continuations.
`crs.c' interactive terminal control.
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Unix and similar systems.
`eval.c' evaluator, apply, map, and foreach.
`example.scm' example from R4RS which uses inexact numbers.
`findexec.c' find the executable file function.
+`get-contoffset-ia64.c'makes contoffset-ia64.S for inclusion by continue-ia64.S
`gmalloc.c' Gnu malloc(); used for unexec.
`gsubr.c' make_gsubr for arbitrary (< 11) arguments to C
functions.
@@ -104,18 +107,18 @@ SLIB is not _neccessary_ to run SCM, I strongly suggest you obtain and
install it. Bug reports about running SCM without SLIB have very low
priority. SLIB is available from the same sites as SCM:
- * swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a3.tar.gz
+ * swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a4.tar.gz
- * ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/jacal/slib3a3.tar.gz
+ * ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/jacal/slib3a4.tar.gz
- * ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/slib3a3.tar.gz
+ * ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/slib3a4.tar.gz
-Unpack SLIB (`tar xzf slib3a3.tar.gz' or `unzip -ao slib3a3.zip') in an
+Unpack SLIB (`tar xzf slib3a4.tar.gz' or `unzip -ao slib3a4.zip') in an
appropriate directory for your system; both `tar' and `unzip' will
create the directory `slib'.
Then create a file `require.scm' in the SCM "implementation-vicinity"
-(this is the same directory as where the file `Init5e2.scm' is
+(this is the same directory as where the file `Init5e3.scm' is
installed). `require.scm' should have the contents:
(define (library-vicinity) "/usr/local/lib/slib/")
@@ -280,17 +283,17 @@ remove <FLAG> in scmfig.h and Do so and recompile files.
recompile scm.
add <FLAG> in scmfig.h and
recompile scm.
-ERROR: Init5e2.scm not found. Assign correct IMPLINIT in makefile
+ERROR: Init5e3.scm not found. Assign correct IMPLINIT in makefile
or scmfig.h.
Define environment variable
SCM_INIT_PATH to be the full
- pathname of Init5e2.scm.
+ pathname of Init5e3.scm.
WARNING: require.scm not found. Define environment variable
SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH to be the full
pathname of the scheme library
[SLIB].
Change library-vicinity in
- Init5e2.scm to point to library or
+ Init5e3.scm to point to library or
remove.
Make sure the value of
(library-vicinity) has a trailing
@@ -351,11 +354,13 @@ Some symbol names print incorrectly. Change memory model option to C
than HEAP_SEG_SIZE).
ERROR: Rogue pointer in Heap. See above under machine crashes.
Newlines don't appear correctly in Check file mode (define OPEN_... in
-output files. `Init5e2.scm').
+output files. `Init5e3.scm').
Spaces or control characters appear Check character defines in
in symbol names. `scmfig.h'.
Negative numbers turn positive. Check SRS in `scmfig.h'.
-VMS: Couldn't unwind stack. #define CHEAP_CONTIUATIONS in
+;ERROR: bignum: numerical overflow Increase NUMDIGS_MAX in `scmfig.h'
+ and recompile.
+VMS: Couldn't unwind stack. #define CHEAP_CONTINUATIONS in
`scmfig.h'.
VAX: botched longjmp.