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Gforth
Original author(s)Bernd Paysan
Anton Ertl
Developer(s)GNU Project
Initial releasemid-1992; 32 years ago (1992)[1]
Stable release
0.7.3 / June 14, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-14)
Preview release
0.7.9_20200213 / February 13, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-13)
Repository
Written inC, Forth
Operating systemUnix-like, Windows, MS-DOS, OS/2
TypeInterpreter
LicenseGNU GPLv3
Websitegnu.org/s/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.[2]

History

The Gforth project was started in mid-1992 by Bernd Paysan and Anton Ertl. Gforth descends from bigFORTH and fig-Forth[1][3][4] Gforth uses GCC to compile a fast direct or indirect threaded Forth; Gforth is fully ANS FORTH compliant.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Origin - Gforth Manual
  2. ^ a b directory.fsf.org, ed. (14 June 2014). "GNU Forth". Free Software Foundation. {{cite web}}: |editor= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ http://bigforth.sourceforge.net/ by Bernd Paysan
  4. ^ http://home.hccnet.nl/a.w.m.van.der.horst/figforth.html