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IsForth 1.21b has been released. IsForth is a Forth implementation for x86 Linux.

This release includes improved keyboard handling for special keys.

IsForth 1.19b has been released. IsForth is a Forth implementation for x86 Linux.

This release includes the addition of command line history support to the console.

IsForth 1.18b has been released. IsForth is a Forth implementation for x86 Linux.

This release includes a partial port of the Sealevel Digital I/O API.

IsForth 1.17b has been released. IsForth is a Forth implementation for x86 Linux.

This release includes the addition of a debugger and signal handling.

Reva 6.0.7 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: a number of bugfixes, new words, speed improvements, and other changes.

It has been announced that kForth is now available for PowerPC Mac OS X. kForth is an implementation of a subset of ANS Forth.

4tH 3.5a-pre2 has been released. 4tH is a portable, open-source Forth implementation.

This release includes: the renaming of the FORGET word to HIDE, support for the AKA word, library changes and additions, documentation improvements, plus other changes.

Reva 6.0.6 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: several bugfixes, new words, updated examples, a more efficient 'syscall' implementation for Linux, streamlining of the Windows build process, plus other changes.

HelFORTH 2.50 has been released. HelFORTH is a portable, open-source Forth implementation.

This release includes backquoted macros from FreeForth, and other changes.

kForth 1.3.2 has been released. kForth is an open-source Forth implementation, supporting Linux and Windows.

This release includes: a faster virtual machine, a number of bugfixes, plus other changes.

The 22nd EuroForth Conference has put out a call for papers. It is a conference focusing on "Forth and other extensible postfix languages, virtual machine design, and stack based architectures."

Draft papers are due by June 28, 2006. The conference itself will be held from September 15 to 17, 2006, in Cambridge, England.

Reva 6.0.5 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation, supporting Windows and Linux.

This release includes: new and changed words, several new examples, bugfixes, plus other changes.

RetroForth 9.1 has been released. RetroForth is a free, portable Forth implementation.

This release includes: support for NetBSD and OpenBSD, an integrated help system, an easier way to define callbacks, cleaner vocabularies and vectors implementations, plus other changes.

It has been announced that the upcoming RetroForth 9.1 release will include support for NetBSD 3. RetroForth is a portable Forth implementation.

The EuroForth 2006 Conference has been announced. It focuses on "Forth and other extensible postfix languages, virtual machine design, and stack based architectures."

It will be held at Cambridge University, England, from September 15 to 17, 2006. On September 14, there will be meetings held relating to the Forth 200x Standard.

A wiki for HelFORTH has been announced. HelFORTH is a portable, open-source Forth implementation.

Reva 6.0.4 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation, supporting Windows and Linux.

This release includes: new, changed, and removed words; a new robotron.f example; a default alignment of 16 bytes; library changes; plus bugfixes and other changes.

Reva 6.0.3 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation, supporting Windows and Linux.

This release includes: new and deprecated words, documentation changes, library and example fixes, and more.

RetroForth 9.0.2 has been released. RetroForth is a free, portable Forth implementation.

This release includes a fix for a bug that causes the Windows version to crash when saving a blockfile.

Reva 6.0.1 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation, supporting Windows and Linux.

This development release includes: new string/iconv, string/unicode, util/case, and util/locals libraries; the removal of the +loop word; various new words; plus other changes.