Overview of Forth

Forth is a high-level language.

• Forth is structured:

  • Like all modern programming languages, Forth provides the necessary control structures for prescribing an ordered flow of execution.
  
  
  

• Forth is extendable:

  • Forth provides no built-in support for arrays, data structures, lists, objects, etc., but Forth allows the user to add such programming constructs to the language itself.
    
    
  • Forth can support all programming methods: procedural, modular, object-oriented, or whatever new comes along ...