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* [news:comp.lang.forth comp.lang.forth] - Surprisingly popular - Go to the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.forth Google groups version] if your ISP does not offer USENET access or you are otherwise newsgroup challenged in any way. | * [news:comp.lang.forth comp.lang.forth] - Surprisingly popular - Go to the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.forth Google groups version] if your ISP does not offer USENET access or you are otherwise newsgroup challenged in any way. | ||
Revision as of 02:08, 16 January 2015
Description
Imperative, hierarchical stack based language with an almost quasi-religious following. Like so many languages at the time FORTH was initially spelled all caps, but it had become the custom to spell it as a noun as early as the mid 70's, unlike most contemporary languages.
A list of OS/2 implementations of Forth
- C-Forth - Open Source - Discontinued.
- FIG Forth - Status unknown
- FORTH/2 - Shareware - Discontinued
- LMI Forth-83 - Commercial - Discontinued - Cross development tool that runs on top of UR/FORTH.
- Portable Forth Environment - Open Source - Current
- UR/Forth - Commercial - Discontinued.
Libraries, extensions and bindings
Editors with Forth support
A list of DOS implementations of Forth
- bigForth - Commercial - Discontinued.
- C-Forth - Open Source - Discontinued.
- ciforth - Open source - Current.
- ColorForth - Open source - Current.
- eForth - Open source - Sort of current .....
- FIG Forth - Open Source - Discontinued.
- F-PC - Open source - Discontinued.
- Forth Express - Commercial - Discontinued.
- Forthmacs - Commercial - Discontinued.
- f83 - Open source - Discontinued.
- Golden Porcupine Forth - Shareware - Discontinued.
- HS/FORTH - Commercial - Discontinued.
- LMI Forth-83 - Commercial - Discontinued - Cross development tool that runs on top of UR/FORTH.
- MMS Forth - Commercial - Discontinued.
- Modular Forth - Commercial - Discontinued.
- Portable Forth Environment - Open Source - Current
- PowerForth - Commercial - Discontinued.
- polyFORTH - Commercial - Discontinued.
- Pigmy Forth - Open source.
- ThisForth - Open source - Discontinued.
- UR/Forth - Commercial - Discontinued.
A list of Forth implementations that run under WinOS/2
- Forthmacs - Commercial - Discontinued.
- ProForth - Commercial - Discontinued.
- WinForth - Commercial - Discontinued.
A list of Forth implementations that run under Java
A list of Forth implementations in JavaScript
Publications
- Byte Magazine August 1980 - Harks from a time when Byte used to have language specific issues, this one is the Forth issue and has a couple of now classic articles.
Local articles
Code snippets
Tutorials and other learning material
- Starting Forth - Free tutorial in PDF format.
Links
- FIG - Forth Interest Group
- Forth resources on Taygeta.com - Outdated but extensive.
USENET
- comp.lang.forth - Surprisingly popular - Go to the Google groups version if your ISP does not offer USENET access or you are otherwise newsgroup challenged in any way.
Built with Forth
Standards
- ANS Forth - 1994 draft - Aka ANSI Forth.
Forth history
- Invented by Charles H. Moore in 1968.