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September 24, 2007

Reva 7.0 Released

Posted: 2007-09-24 22:08:00
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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.

August 04, 2007

kForth 1.4.1 Released

Posted: 2007-08-04 23:40:00
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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.

July 30, 2007

amforth 2.3 Released

Posted: 2007-07-30 22:14:00
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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.

July 17, 2007

PawPaw 0.4 Released

Posted: 2007-07-17 22:11:00
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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.

July 08, 2007

PowerMops 6.1 Released

Posted: 2007-07-08 22:02:00
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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.

June 17, 2007

amforth 2.2 Released

Posted: 2007-06-17 21:54:00
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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.

May 25, 2007

Pygmy Forth for DOS 1.7 Released

Posted: 2007-05-25 23:43:00
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Pygmy Forth for DOS 1.7 has been released. It is an open source Forth implementation running on DOS.

May 20, 2007

4tH 3.5b Released

Posted: 2007-05-20 23:22:00
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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.

May 02, 2007

amforth 2.0 Released

Posted: 2007-05-02 23:22:00
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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.

April 25, 2007

amforth 1.9 Released

Posted: 2007-04-25 16:30:00
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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.

April 24, 2007

StrongForth 1.2 Released

Posted: 2007-04-24 08:20:00
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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.

April 23, 2007

RetroForth 9.3 Released

Posted: 2007-04-23 08:15:00
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RetroForth 9.3 has been released. RetroForth is a free, portable Forth implementation.

This release includes: FFI and system call interfaces; a single codebase for Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD and some versions of OpenBSD; and other changes.

April 13, 2007

Reva 6.1.10 Released

Posted: 2007-04-13 22:40:00
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Reva 6.1.10 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: new and modified words, library changes, performance improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

April 10, 2007

amforth 1.8 Released

Posted: 2007-04-10 22:59:00
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amforth 1.8 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: a redesign of the interrupt handling, support for double and mixed cell arithmetic, bug fixes, and other changes.

April 08, 2007

FlashForth V2.0 Released

Posted: 2007-04-08 23:42:00
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FlashForth V2.0 has been released. "FlashForth is a range of standalone Forth systems for processors that may be reflashed internally from the software. An interactive Forth system with interpeter and compiler is provided on the PIC18Fxxxx."

April 06, 2007

amforth 1.7 Released

Posted: 2007-04-06 00:03:00
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amforth 1.7 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes: new words, decreased RAM usage, documentation updates, and other changes.

March 25, 2007

amforth 1.6 Released

Posted: 2007-03-25 23:50:00
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amforth 1.6 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

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

Reva 6.1.9 Released

Posted: 2007-03-25 23:47:00
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Reva 6.1.9 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: new and changed words, updates to the examples, library updates, bug fixes, and other changes.

March 15, 2007

amforth 1.5 Released

Posted: 2007-03-15 08:44:00
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amforth 1.5 has been released. It is a Forth implementation for the AVR ATmega microcontroller family.

This release includes a number of new words, plus other changes.

March 10, 2007

Reva 6.1.8 Released

Posted: 2007-03-10 23:12:00
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Reva 6.1.8 has been released. Reva is a Forth implementation running on Windows and Linux.

This release includes: updated examples, increased efficiency for several words, library changes, the beginnings of a cross-compiler for ARM targets, bug fixes, and other changes.