Working on Bootforth / ficl

[Devin Teske]

On Nov 12, 2012, at 12:56 AM, mike wrote:

> Hi,
> a few years ago I made an upgrade to ficl 4.0 and some other changes which brought among other things: - A somewhat simpler C-interface (IMHO)

The simplified C interface would be welcome in the upcoming BE enhancements.

> - Real compression for the softwoods

I like the sound of that.

> - A user-land ficl executable which acted exactly like the bootloader for better
>  forth development
> 

Does it support "include" ? That's been one of the biggest things preventing me from simulating boot in userland. If it does, this would be a very great addition.


> A first step to get back on this topic would be to vendor import the related ficl versions (ficl33, ficl40, ficl41) and move the currently used ficl33
> from sys/boot/ficl to sys/contrib/ficl and separate the local modifications
> from the vendor code.
> 
> Any objections in general?
> 

I've none, but you should seek opinions of others too.
-- 
Devin

P.S. Thank you!

> What would be the preferred method?
> - Vendor import of ficl33 as described in the commiters guide
> - svn copy of ficl33 to sys/contrib/ficl
> - svn copy of the locally modified ficl33 files or reapply the local changes?
> 
> Other suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Greetings
> ---
> Michael Reifenberger

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