Gforth

Gforth
Original authorsBernd Paysan
Anton Ertl
DeveloperGNU Project
Releasemid-1992; 34 years ago (1992)
Stable release
0.7.9_20250101 Edit this on Wikidata / 1 January 2025; 21 months ago (1 January 2025)
Written inC, Forth
Operating systemUnix-like, Windows, MS-DOS, OS/2
TypeInterpreter
LicenseGNU GPLv3
Websitegforth.org
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.

History

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

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 Free Software Directory, ed. (14 June 2014). "GNU Forth". Free Software Foundation.
  4. ↑ "bigFORTH Forth System+MINOS GUI in Forth". bigforth.sourceforge.net.
  5. ↑ "The Last Fig-Forth Ever". home.hccnet.nl.