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Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express Develop non-commercial games in C# for Windows with the Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express. You will also need to download the Microsoft Visual C# Express Edition (see elsewhere on this page for the link). The XNA Game Studio Express includes the XNA Framework, a set of managed code development libraries that supposedly speeds up your development of games on Windows, as well as the XNA Framework Content Pipeline, tools that help you add 3D content to your games. Also included are documentation, starter kits (for example, a SpaceWar starter kit is included), etc. Important note: although the website says the XNA Game Studio Express allows you to develop for the Xbox 360, you must pay an annual fee to develop games for the Xbox 360. In fact, from the FAQ on the site, it appears that you don't even get the XNA Framework for Xbox 360 in this Express edition. You should also read the End User License Agreement (EULA) carefully before you start developing (to find out what the other restrictions are). In case you're wondering, XNA stands for "XNA's Not Acronymed", following the tradition started by GNU's "GNU's Not Unix". Currently supported systems: Windows XP SP2 only, although Windows Vista will probably be supported in the future (possibly by the time you read this).
Gforth is GNU's Forth compiler, and like many of the GNU tools, it is portable to a number of systems. It implements the ANSI Forth language. From the documentation, this Forth compiler "employs traditional implementation techniques: its inner interpreter is indirect or direct threaded".
4tH Forth Compiler/Interpreter 4tH is a compiler/interpreter that handles Forth-like source code. It supports MS-DOS, Windows, Linux, Coherent, AIX, SunOS, BOS, BOS-X, BSD, Macintosh OS X, BeOS, RISC-OS, etc. It is a full Forth compiler that generates intermediate bytecode that can run (using its runtime presumably) under any of the supported systems.
Mary is an optimizing native code Forth compiler for PIC microcontrollers that is released under the GNU GPL. It requires an ANSI Forth system whose cell width is at least 16 bits.
bigForth is a native code Forth compiler originally developed for the Atari ST. The current version runs on Windows 95/98/NT and Linux. It is released under the GNU GPL. It generates optimised native code for the Intel i386 and has a number of tools included: a multitasker, a decompiler, a source level debugger, and an editor. A huge library is included and separate compilation is also supported. You may also want to explore their MINOS, a GUI for X, written for the Linux and Win32 versions of the Forth system.
ATLAST is an embeddable FORTH-like language, originally developed by Autodesk, Inc, and is based on the FORTH-83 language with numerous extensions. It is portable to MSDOS, OS/2, Macintosh, and many Unix systems. Embedding this Forth into your application allows you to extend provide your users with a very powerful macro facility. This Forth compiler is released into the public domain.
Win32Forth is an ANSI Forth compiler that comes with an interactive console, an integrated source level debugger, a syntax highlighting integrated editor, etc.
SP-Forth is an optimizing Forth compiler and interpreter producing for Windows, Linux and Kolibri OS.
Forth32: an MSDOS excerpt of fig-Forth This is another 32-bit Forth compiler excerpted from figForth (see elsewhere on this page). This one runs on MSDOS.
figforth Forth Development System figForth is a complete Forth development system for Linux and MSDOS. It comes with sample programs, benchmarks, an assembler, a decompiler, an editor and of course, documentation. It is released under the GNU GPL.
This is a 32 bit ISO Forth compiler for Linux. I think it generates assembly language code which can be assembled by the Linux assembler.
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