Is Forth still in use? If so, how and where?

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Rick Ross picture Rick Ross · Jan 27, 2010 · Viewed 12.7k times · Source

A long time ago I remember thinking that the Forth programming language was pretty cool. I really haven't heard anything about it in years. Is Forth still in use? If so, what types of applications is it being used for?

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anon picture anon · Jan 27, 2010

It's still in use by people like Apple and Sun - take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Firmware.

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