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Forth (programming language)

Forth is a stack-oriented programming language and interactive integrated development environment designed by Charles H. "Chuck" Moore and first used by other programmers in 1970. Although not an acronym, the language's name in its early years was often spelled in all capital letters as FORTH. The FORTH-79 and FORTH-83 implementations, which were not…

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Designed by
Charles H. Moore
Filename extensions
.fs, .fth, .4th, .f, .forth[citation needed]
First appeared
1970; 56 years ago (1970)
Paradigm
Concatenative (stack-based), procedural, reflective
Typing discipline
Typeless

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Forth (programming language)

Nodes121
Edges120
Triples19
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016529
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Forth (programming language)

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Designed by · 1
Forth (programming language) → Charles H. Moore
Filename extensions · 1
Forth (programming language) → .fs, .fth, .4th, .f, .forth[citation needed]
First appeared · 1
Forth (programming language) → 1970; 56 years ago (1970)
Paradigm · 1
Forth (programming language) → Concatenative (stack-based), procedural, reflective
Typing discipline · 1
Forth (programming language) → Typeless
Website · 1
Forth (programming language) → forth-standard.org

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forth words word code used stack data system language systems compilation new definition written compiler interpreter first standard ans defined

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Forth (programming language)Designed byCharles H. Moore1.00infobox
Forth (programming language)Filename extensions.fs, .fth, .4th, .f, .forth[citation needed]1.00infobox
Forth (programming language)First appeared1970; 56 years ago (1970)1.00infobox
Forth (programming language)ParadigmConcatenative (stack-based), procedural, reflective1.00infobox
Forth (programming language)Typing disciplineTypeless1.00infobox
Forth (programming language)Websiteforth-standard.org1.00infobox
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and in other embedded systems which involve interaction with hardware.Beginning in the early 1980sinstance ofin spaceflight applications0.80text
Moore developed a series of microprocessors for executing compiled Forth-like code directlyinstance ofin spaceflight applications0.80text
experimented with smaller languages based on Forth conceptsinstance ofin spaceflight applications0.80text
including cmForthinstance ofin spaceflight applications0.80text
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