From 1c345e559710ec6200f7d508629bd24457a20a80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 03:01:01 +0000 Subject: initial import (sf 0.3beta) --- NEWS | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+) create mode 100644 NEWS (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3ea3bb --- /dev/null +++ b/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +GNU MDK -- History of visible changes. + +Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end for copying conditions. + +Please send mdk bug reports to jaortega@acm.org. + +*Version 0.2.1 + +** MDK is now an official GNU packaga. + +*Version 0.2 (07/01/01) + +** mixvm provides virtual execution time statistics after each + invocation of run or next. + +** mixvm can trace instructions as they are executed. tron/troff + commands turn off/off instruction tracing. + +** mixvm accepts a new command, w2d, which computes the + decimal value of a MIX word given as a series of + bytes (e.g. - 01 00 34 32 22). + +** symbols can be defined at the mixvm prompt with the + new command ssym. + +** mixvm accepts a new command, weval, which allows the + evaluation of MIXAL w-expressions. + +** expressions containing strings of successive '*' are now + correctly evaluated. + +** When using block devices in mixvm, the buffers are now + flushed after each OUT operation. + +*Version 0.1.1 (18/11/00) + +** MDK is now compilable in rpm-based linuxes. +** MDK fully compliant with Knuth's specification. In particular, + local symbols are now properly handled in special cases such as + 3H ORIG 3B + instructions. See samples/stress{1,2}.mixal. +** Future references affected by unary minus are accepted + with a warning (they are banned in Knuth's specification). + Also future refs in EQU directives are now properly handled. + See samples/stress{3,4}.mixal. +** When mixvm executes a program and reaches the end of the + available memory without encountering a HALT instruction, + it halts anyway. + +*Version 0.1 (31/10/00) + +** Initial version + +------------------------------------------------------- +Copying information: + +Copyright (C) 2000, Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies + of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the + copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved, + thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn. + + Permission is granted to distribute modified versions + of this document, or of portions of it, + under the above conditions, provided also that they + carry prominent notices stating who last changed them. + -- cgit v1.2.3