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Gforth

Gforth is a free and portable implementation of the Forth programming language for Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. A primary goal of Gforth is to adhere to the ANS Forth standard. Gforth is free software as part of the GNU Project.

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Gforth
Original authorsBernd Paysan
Anton Ertl
DeveloperGNU Project
Initial releasemid-1992 (1992)1
Stable release
0.7.9_202501012 Edit this on Wikidata / 1 January 2025 (1 January 2025)
Written inC, Forth
Operating systemUnix-like, Windows, MS-DOS, OS/2
TypeInterpreter
LicenseGNU GPLv3
Websitegnu.org/s/gforth/
Repository

Gforth is a free and portable implementation of the Forth programming language for Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. A primary goal of Gforth is to adhere to the ANS Forth standard. Gforth is free software as part of the GNU Project.3

History

The Gforth project was started in mid-1992 by Bernd Paysan and Anton Ertl. Gforth descends from bigFORTH and fig-Forth145 Gforth is fully ANS FORTH compliant.3

References

References

  1. "Origin - Gforth Manual". complang.tuwien.ac.at. 2 November 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. "0.7.9_20250101". 1 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  3. directory.fsf.org, ed. (14 June 2014). "GNU Forth". Free Software Foundation. {{cite web}}: |editor= has generic name (help)
  4. "bigFORTH Forth System+MINOS GUI in Forth". bigforth.sourceforge.net.
  5. "The Last Fig-Forth Ever". home.hccnet.nl.
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