Gforth

This manual is for Gforth (version 0.7.9_20241218, December 18, 2024), a fast and portable implementation of the Standard Forth language. It serves as reference manual, but it also contains an introduction to Forth and a Forth tutorial.

Authors: Bernd Paysan, Anton Ertl, Gerald Wodni, Neal Crook, David Kuehling, Jend Wilke Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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