Forth is a stack-oriented procedural programming language and interactive development environment, designed by Charles H. Moore and first used in 1970 at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory to control telescopes. Forth combines a compiler with an integrated command shell, where the user interacts through defined words, and programs are broken into small fragments called words that are tested and debugged individually in an interactive environment, making it well suited to embedded systems.
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First Released ParadigmConcatenative (stack-based), procedural, reflective 1 SignificanceForth is used in the Open Firmware boot loader, in spaceflight applications such as the Philae spacecraft, and in other embedded systems 1 Connections
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Verified en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language): "Forth is a stack-oriented programming language ... designed by Charles H. Chuck Moore."
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1. Wikipedia: Forth (programming language)
Infobox, First appeared
1970; 56 years ago (1970)
Infobox, Paradigm
Concatenative (stack-based), procedural, reflective
Introduction section
Forth is used in the Open Firmware boot loader, in spaceflight applications such as the Philae spacecraft, and in other embedded systems which involve interaction with hardware.
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