Forth
An awesome stack based programming language, which is able to extend itself during runtime.
\ a comment followed by the shortest quine
source type
\ another shorty, hello world looks like that
." hello world"
\ tell me, what else can we do? ask the system itself!
words \ this will yield all defined wordsStandard
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core, toNUMBER
[402] Possible reference implementation
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core, DOES
[401] Is it ambiguous to execute the use of does> after :NONAME or FORGET?
Request for clarification
2025-08-12 19:45:30 -
double, DNEGATE
[400] Possible Reference Implementation
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2025-08-12 12:25:58 -
double, DEqual
[399] d= reference implementation
Suggested reference implementation
2025-08-11 21:26:41
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block, LOAD
Getting the block contents
Request for clarification
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core, toNUMBER
Possible reference implementation
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core, toNUMBER
Possible reference implementation
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2025-08-17 00:39:27 -
new-words-latest-name-and-latest-name-in
New words: latest-name and latest-name-in
Proposal
2025-08-15 14:42:10
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Systems
Forth is a highly interactive language with interactive compilation, that's why we call the compilers Forth Systems. The parser is always visible to the programmer! Here are some modern Forth Systems to get you started.
Many more systems are listed here.
Please let us know if a modern, actively developed system is missing in this list.
Communities
Ancient, yet highly active news group.
Germany's leading Forth community, with members from Austria, Netherlands and USA.
Located in Silicon Valley, the first big Forth community.
Netherlands' group of enthusiastic users of the Forth programming language.
Unites all Forth Programmers on GitHub.
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