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The [Forth](http://colorforth.com/) computer language was invented by Charles Moore. Forth is extensible, can be its own operating system (OS), and in general makes tiny powerful programs. Forth has been a recognized programming language since the 1970's. ColorForth is a redesign of this classic language for the 21st century. It may run stand-alone without an operating system. Applications are recompiled from source with a simple optimizing compiler.

## Installation

[Install](/index.php/Install "Install") [gforth](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gforth/), which is an ANSI Forth.

## See also

*   [Starting Forth](http://home.iae.nl/users/mhx/sf.html) - A good book to learn forth by Leo Brodie.
*   [c2.com](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ColorForth) - Wiki resource collection on ColorForth