PLNews: Programming Language News

FlashForth 3.2 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the PIC18F.

This release includes: faster compilation, support for writing interrupt routines in Forth or assembler, better MPLAB integration, and other changes.

SP-Forth 4.19 has been released. SP-Forth is an ANS Forth implementation for Windows.

This release includes: optimizer improvements, updates to the assembler, exception handling enhancements, library improvements, documentation updates, bug fixes, and other changes.

StrongForth 1.3 has been released. It is a statically-typed Forth-like language, with an implementation for DOS.

This release includes: new, renamed and extended words; support for all of the ANS Forth word sets, except for the omission of 17 words; and other changes.

Toka 1.2 has been released. It is an experimental, Forth-like language.

This is the initial stable release.

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

This release includes: new C and OFFSET words, and the full integration of the multitasking environment.

4tH 3.5b Release 2 has been released. 4tH is a portable, open source Forth implementation.

This release includes: new and updated words, an interface to the Festival speech synthesizer, bug fixes, and other changes.

EuroForth 2008 has been announced. A call for papers has also been issued. "EuroForth brings together researchers and practitioners from the Forth community. Papers are solicited on all aspects of Forth (applications, implementations, extensions, etc.) and related topics.

The deadline for draft papers is June 27, 2008. The conference will be held from September 26 to 28, 2008, in Vienna, Austria.

amforth 2.5 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: the addition of cooperative multitasking support to the library, updated documentation, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that the online edition of 'Starting Forth', by Leo Brodie and updated by Marcel Hendrix and FORTH Inc., is now available.

FlashForth 3.0 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the PIC18F.

This release includes: a rewrite of the assembler, the replacement of DO LOOP with FOR NEXT, a pointer register called P, support for inline literals, and other changes.

Reva 7.0.1 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: refactoring of the core and reva.f, new words, more internal buffers that are dynamically allocated, bug fixes, and other changes.

amforth 2.4 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: support for the ATmega128 controller, new words, fine-tuning, and other changes.

It has been announced that Forth Day 2007 will be held on November 17, 2007, at Cogswell College in Sunnyvale, California.

It has been announced that the 3rd edition of the Forth Programmer's Handbook is now available.

Reva 7.0 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: exception handling support, new words and libraries, updated example programs, bug fixes, and other changes.

kForth 1.4.1 has been released. It is a Forth implementation.

This release includes: speed improvements, better ANS Forth compatibility, bug fixes, and other changes.

amforth 2.3 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: new words, the re-coding of 'find' and 'icompare', plus other changes and fixes.

PawPaw 0.4 has been released. It is a Forth-like language.

This release includes: a revamping of the input parser, fixes, and other changes.

PowerMops 6.1 has been released. Mops is a development environment and language for the Macintosh, drawing from Smalltalk and Forth.

This release includes bug fixes and other changes.

amforth 2.2 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: new leave and ?do words, and other changes.

Pygmy Forth for DOS 1.7 has been released. It is an open source Forth implementation running on DOS.

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

This release includes: support for flushing output buffers, an experimental multitasking environment, support for more words, and other changes.

amforth 2.0 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: new words, bug fixes, and other changes.

amforth 1.9 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: new words, a renaming of dict_low.asm to dict_minimal.asm, bug fixes, and other changes.

StrongForth 1.2 has been released. It is a statically-typed Forth-like language, with an implementation for DOS.

This release includes: file access and memory allocation wordsets, the new ancestor data type TUPLE, and other changes.