Forth

Summary

Forth is a stack-based programming language and interactive environment developed in the late 1960s. It emphasizes simplicity, extensibility, and direct hardware control with a small memory footprint.

Paradigms

stack-oriented, imperative, structured, reflective, concatenative

Domains

embedded systems, systems programming, microcontroller programming, computer-aided design

Key Features

interactive development, REPL

Typing

dynamic system, weak typing, none inference, runtime checking, moderate type coercion, no type annotations

Compilation

interpreted, compiled

Influenced By

ALGOL, LISP, APL, Burroughs large systems

Ratings

File extensions

fth, 4th, f, for, forth, fr, frt, fs

External Links

• Forth official site
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• Trending GitHub repositories