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Subject: eForth
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Date: 8 May 91 02:52:03 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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Category 1,  Topic 36
Message 14        Mon May 06, 1991
R.CAVANAUGH [BobC]           at 21:34 MDT
 
Thanks Dennis,

I got a little braver and did more snooping around the software library.  I
found that the files I downloaded are auto un-zips.  I also found the run-of-
the-mill zipped ones.  Looking forward to porting the 8051 version to a 8031
processor board I am building.

Are Bill and C.H. Ting intending on a standard user interface in the host?  I
think that for wide-spread acceptance this is crucial. Turbo-C has a huge
audience because it makes the development interface relatively seamless.  The
host interface I envision (this is for development only) would be the same for
the high level words REGARDLESS of the target environment.  Any ICE worth its
salt (and typically outrageous price tag) will have a set user interface and
personality modules for the various targets you might use.  I work with the
68000 and 68020, and the ICE has the same commands, (some special ones for the
20 such as cache disable), so the transition from one target to the other is
painless.  I imagine the Z-80 module for the unit is the same.  As eForth
becomes a more mature beastie, some up-front work in having the host
development interface work well and be portable also I feel is as important as
the target code.
 What does everybody think?

Bobc
 Salt Lake City UT
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