SharpForth

SharpForth represents an interpretation tool for the Forth programming language. It's completely developed with C# and offers support for both .NET Framework 4 and Mono.

Inspired by the JonesForth, JonesForthInC and bb4wForth projects, the interpreter wasn't built with the typical assembly code, low-level memory access and optimized data structures. Its goal is to facilitate a reliable working environment for getting used to the Forth source code.

Users should keep in mind that SharpForth is still a work in progress and cannot integrate some Forth features due to various reasons, such as the lack of the Forth flat memory. Some of the core words were implemented in a distinctive manner as well.

The developer wishes to make SharpForth resemble the 1994 ANSI Forth standard (ANSI X3.215-1994 / ISO) by using the word sets provided there. At the moment, 131 out of 133 core words are available (e.g. FACILITY, DOUBLE, FLOATING), in addition to legacy and other words.

For instance, BLOCK, SEARCH, FILE, EXCEPTION and LOCAL are still not available or just partially supported. On the other hand, it's possible to load external Forth source code files from URLs directly. The piece of software is free and open-source, released under the MIT License.