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March 06, 2007

amforth 1.4 Released

Posted: 2007-03-06 08:30:00
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amforth 1.4 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: greater robustness, new words, division for signed numbers, and other changes.

February 24, 2007

kForth 1.4.1 Beta for x86 Linux Released

Posted: 2007-02-24 23:36:00
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kForth 1.4.1 Beta for x86 Linux has been released. kForth is an open-source Forth implementation.

This release includes performance improvements, and other changes.

amforth 1.3 Released

Posted: 2007-02-24 23:28:00
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amforth 1.3 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: faster interrupt processing, a new 'immediate' word, bug fixes, and other changes.

Reva 6.1.7 Released

Posted: 2007-02-24 23:25:00
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Reva 6.1.7 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: new 'chain' and 'vfunc:' words, new examples, library improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

February 09, 2007

Reva 6.1.6 Released

Posted: 2007-02-09 18:45:00
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Reva 6.1.6 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: a new 'ctrl-c' word, disassembler improvements, new examples, documentation improvements, the addition of a '-d' option to start with the debugger loaded, library updates, and other changes.

February 03, 2007

amforth 1.2 Released

Posted: 2007-02-03 18:35:00
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amforth 1.2 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: support for the AVR Butterfly board, preliminary support for the AREXX ASURO mini-robot, bug fixes, and other changes.

January 26, 2007

Reva 6.1.5 Released

Posted: 2007-01-26 22:25:00
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Reva 6.1.5 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: new, removed and changed words; new examples; bug fixes and other changes.

January 20, 2007

amforth 1.1 Released

Posted: 2007-01-20 23:24:00
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amforth 1.1 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: the vectoring of emit, key and key? via user based variables; plus bug fixes and other changes.

January 05, 2007

amforth 1.0 Released

Posted: 2007-01-05 00:15:00
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amforth 1.0 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: new ['] and user words, support for the ATmega169, plus other changes.

December 21, 2006

Reva 6.1.4 Released

Posted: 2006-12-21 23:25:00
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Reva 6.1.4 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: library changes, disassembler improvements, plus other changes and bug fixes.

December 17, 2006

amforth 0.9 Released

Posted: 2006-12-17 23:31:00
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amforth 0.9 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller.

This release includes: new words, the change of turnkey into 'turnkey, and other changes.

December 09, 2006

amforth 0.8 Released

Posted: 2006-12-09 00:10:00
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amforth 0.8 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller.

This release includes: new words, support for user variables, and fixes.

December 02, 2006

Reva 6.1.3 Released

Posted: 2006-12-02 00:03:00
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Reva 6.1.3 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

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

November 25, 2006

amforth 0.7 Released

Posted: 2006-11-25 23:51:00
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amforth 0.7 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller.

This release includes: the 'turnkey' word; support for lower-case characters in numbers, base permitting; plus other changes and bug fixes.

November 23, 2006

4tH 3.5a release 2 Released

Posted: 2006-11-23 08:20:00
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4tH 3.5a release 2 has been released. 4tH is a portable, open-source Forth implementation.

This release includes: the renaming of the SLEEP word to PAUSE, the addition of a FILES word, updates to the manual, plus other changes and bug fixes.

November 17, 2006

Reva 6.1.2 Released

Posted: 2006-11-17 23:48:00
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Reva 6.1.2 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: the replacement of the 'inline' word with ';inline', performance improvements, bug fixes and other changes.

November 12, 2006

4tH 3.5a Released

Posted: 2006-11-12 23:15:00
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4tH 3.5a has been released. 4tH is a portable, open-source Forth implementation.

This release includes: support for suspending the execution of a program, support for the loading and saving of suspended programs, and ANS Forth-compatible redesign of the string handling words, support for structures and enumerations, plus other changes.

November 11, 2006

StrongForth 1.1 Released

Posted: 2006-11-11 23:48:00
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StrongForth 1.1 has been released. It is a statically-typed Forth-like language, with an implementation for DOS.

This release includes a floating-point word set, and other changes.

November 07, 2006

FlashForth V1.2 Released

Posted: 2006-11-07 08:21:00
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FlashForth V1.2 has been released. "FlashForth is a range of standalone Forth systems for processors that may be reflashed internally from the software."

This release includes: support for more PIC18Fxxxx processors, an inline assembler, improved ANS Forth conformance, and other changes.

November 03, 2006

4tH 3.5a-pre4 Released

Posted: 2006-11-03 22:59:00
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4tH 3.5a-pre4 has been released. 4tH is a portable, open-source Forth implementation.

This release includes the addition of words for using fractions and matching strings with wildcards, and improvements to the manual.