Re: [Amforth] amforth32 release 1.0

[John S. <jsa...@gm...>]

Definitely good news.

John S

On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM <ho...@tj...> wrote:

> Fellow AmForthers,
>
> Martin Kobetic and I are pleased to announce the initial release of
> amforth32. This GPLv3 licensed project aims to advance the 32-bit ARM
> and RISC-V variants of AmForth. As many will know, a RISC-V target was
> introduced in AmForth release 6.7 in 2018 [1], joined by two ARM targets
> in release 6.8 in 2019 [2]. With Martin's interest in getting AmForth
> running on the ARM based Arduino(R) UNO R4, there was a great
> opportunity to restart the development of the 32 bit variants of AmForth
> in a conserted way, resulting in amforth32. Below is a link to the
> precompiled binaries with instructions on their use.
>
> https://github.com/amforth32/amforth32/releases/tag/v1.0
>
> Intrinsically, amforth32 is AmForth at heart; an ITC Forth with
> recognisers. However, the codebase, build system and ecosystem have
> changed quite a bit since the 6.8 release.
>
> One key change is the adoption of QEMU virtual machines as first class
> targets, alongside their close (or not so close) real mcu counterparts.
> This allows non-mcu dependant elements of the codebase to be subject to
> automated testing. It also means that hardware is not required to try
> out amforth32 or to participate in the project.
>
> There is also a Forth debugger, a dynamic transpiler, a flash framework
> and ports to obtainable development board targets [3]. More details on
> the documentation website [a] and repo [b]
>
> [a] amforth32.github.io/amforth32
> [b] github.com/amforth32/amforth32
>
> Most of all, it has been a lot of fun getting this far. Of course, there
> are still things missing, and things which can be improved. We very much
> welcome participation, and contributions should be a little easier to
> make.
>
> A little early for May 4th be with you, but happy Forthing nevertheless.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tristan / Martin
>
> [1] https://sourceforge.net/p/amforth/mailman/message/36375091/
> [2] https://sourceforge.net/p/amforth/mailman/message/36511255/
> [3] and some less obtainable ones too
>
>
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