Forth Compilers on Taygeta

I have tried to catagorize these compilers into native, meta/cross, and embeddable compiler systems. Long time Forth users will understand that sometimes the boundary between these catagories is not always that clear. Those of you that are new to Forth be warned that many of these cross compiler systems include a native compiler for the target system.

Similarly, many compilers can be used in multiple operating environments, I have tried to catagorize them according to the primary operating system but you should check them all over when reviewing this list.

Native compilers

Multiplatform systems

The BigForth,

A native code Forth for Linux and Windows by Bernd Paysan (bernd.paysan@gmx.de)

The GForth Site,

An ANS Forth for Unix, Linux, MS-DOS.

GForth 0.5.0 Cross-compiled for the Sharp Zaurus PDA by Skip Carter

Dirk Zoller's PFE (mostly) V0.9.14, the Portable Forth Environment

Man page (V0.9.12)

Source code, docs and tools.

in zip format (354K) or Gnu zipped tar format (269K).

MSDOS and OS/2 binaries.

Gnu zipped tar format (158K) or zip format (159K)

Linux executables (V0.9.14)

a.out executable (98k)

ELF executable (108k)

Unix executables (V0.9.14)

for MIPS.

Unix executables (V0.9.9) SGI, or SUN (SunOS 4.1C)

Win32 executable and most actual sources for Borland / Inprise C++Builder, V0.9.22 by Stefan Wenk (pfewin32@siemens.at).

zip file (458k)

Read me file

Low Level I/O, TCP/IP and XDR interface (tested on V 0.9.9)

shell archive, compressed tar, Gnu compressed tar.

Phil Burk's pForth a portable ANS Forth for Unix, Mac, Win95/NT.

jForth a Forth for the Amiga.

Rob Chapman's (rob@idacom.hp.com) TIMBRE system

This is a freeware Mac, Intel, and HP Precision FORTH. (355K zipped file)

In Unix compressed Tar format (458K)
Mac BinHex format (526K)

Wil Baden's ThisForth (V1.0.0.d February 1995 version)

Source code, docs and tools.

in zip format (75K) or Gnu zipped tar format (64K).

Unix executables

MIPS (RiscOS 4.52) (372K)

SGI (IRIX 4.0.5H) (342K)

SUN (SunOS 4.1C) (140K)

Linux (ELF) (61K)

32-bit DOS executable (104K).

XDR interface

shell archive, compressed tar, Gnu compressed tar.

Low Level I/O and TCP/IP interface

shell archive, compressed tar, Gnu compressed tar.

(September 1994 version)

(to be replaced by newest version as time and resources permit)

Unix executables

CRAY Y-MP (this is a 64 bit system).

DOS executable (116K).

binary for Macintosh and PowerMac (79K).

Missing distribution file fp-load (only needed for Sept 1994 version).

MS-DOS

Tom Almy's (tom_almy@ieee.org) CMP Forth compiler for MS-DOS page

Albert Chan's WPFORTH (zipped file).

Terry Loveall's implmentations of Chuck Moore's Color Forth

Pygmy Forth
Frank Sergeant's (pygmy@pobox.com) Pygmy Forth 1.5 (118K zip file)

Pygmy Forth 1.5 text file

Pygmy Tools pygtools (86K zip file)

Pygmy Tools text file

Forth32 By Rick VanNorman (rick@thunder-ink.com)
A 32-bit shareware Forth for OS/2 and DOS-DPMI.

os2forth.txt

os2forth.zip (551K)

FPC V3.6 ,

Tom Zimmer's (zforth@ix.netcom.com) Forth (16 bit) for MS-DOS

Mac

Forthmacs V3.00.

Power Mops Beta

PMops (650K)

PMops text

MOPS 4.0.0, Object Oriented Forth for the Mac

Read me text file

Mops400.sit.bin code (2435K)

MOPS (3.4) FAQ (10K).

manual (PDF)

manual (same as above, in MS Word v4/5 format)

Selection Framework code (166K)

The MOPS Page.

Yerk 3.67, Object Oriented Forth for the Mac

Yerk Readme file (5K).

Manual (548K), code (499K)

Misc platforms

Neal Bridges' Quartus Forth site, for the US Robotics Palm Pilot.

Jih-tung Pai's eForth, for the Palm Pilot.

Samuel Tardieu's PicForth, for the Microchip Pic 16F87x

Unix

Note that most of the Multiplatform systems will run on Unix.

Francois-Rene's (fare@tunes.org) Linux port of eForth V1.0e

Readme

Download

Jih-tung Pai's eForth, for the Linux.

Windows

LMI WinForth V1.01,

Shareware Forth for Windows Info, and self extracting Code

Win32For V4.2,

32 bit Forth for Windows(32s,95,NT) by Tom Zimmer (zforth@ix.netcom.com) and Andrew McKewan,

Cross and Meta compilers

Dwight Elvey's (elvey@hal.com) 2K1Forth forth the ADSP 2100

Readme file (5K).

Code (237K)

Brad Eckert's (brad@tinyboot.com) Forth and Tiny Open Firmware for 68K,8051 and AVR

www.tinyboot.com

Oliver Singla's (omsingla@qnx.com) Forth for the TMS320C50 DSP

Brad Rodriguez's (bj@forth.org) CAMEL Forth series

6809 : Info, and Code (54K zipped file)

8051 : Info, and Code (31K zipped file)

Z80 : Info, and Code (27K zipped file)

Krishna Myneni's (krishnamyneni@csi.com) kForth

kForth v1.0 for Linux (18k)
kForth v1.0 for Win95 (51k)
kForth Users Guide

Joerg Plewe's F68KANS (November 1993 version),

ANS Forth for 68K processors, Info, and Code (zipped)

Michael Josefsson's (mj@isy.liu.se) Forth for the PIC16C84

Wonyong Koh's (wykoh@genitech.co.kr) hForth series

Z80 : Info, and Code (95K zipped file)

8086 : Info, and Code (382K zipped file)

StrongARM : Info, and Code (138K Gnu compressed tar file)

Lego Mindstorms port by Ralph Hempel (rhempel@bmts.com)

TCOM V2.5,

Tom Zimmer's (zforth@ix.netcom.com) Forth (16 bit) cross/meta compiler for MS-DOS

Compilers for embedding

These compilers can be used to create ordinary Forth systems but their real strength is their ability to be built into a C/C++ application as a scripting language within the application.

John Walker's ATLAST 1.0,

Autodesk Threaded Language Application System Toolkit Info, and Code (270K tar Gnu zipped)

John Sadler's Ficl,

Forth Inspired Command Language Info, and Code

Norman Smith's UNTIL V2.5.2,

the UNconventional Threaded Interpretative Language, Info, and Code (237K zipped)

Reference Guide (a hypertext document).

Zipped Documentation.

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