[eggy]

I've tried Haxe, Racket, TCL/tk, MOAI (Lua based), and others, but I am now using 8th, a Forth-like language that compiles to Android, iOS, Windows, OSX and Linux [1]. The only downside is that I still need a Mac to publish iOS apps. For Android, Windows and Linux, I am good to go. It uses the JUCE library for gui implementation. I have made two toy apps for Android so far, and I am still learning. It has a good library so far, but some people find Forth difficult. I find it concise, expressive and still readable after 6 months. The shortness makes code review a breeze.

  [1] http://8th-dev.com/

[andybak]

What a strange beast! A closed source language is always a tricky sell. Forth is never an easy sell in itself (unless you've already been bitten by the bug ;-) in which case it's a wonderful bonus). The tutorial is PDF only - which just seems a bit odd.

I'm intrigued by 8th - in a good way - and happy you've introduced me to it - but I do wonder what kind of uptake something like this will get.

[eggy]

It is a bit odd, but I am rocking with it. I have done Java and NDK in C++ tutorials to get simple programs running, but nothing original, or beyond what the tutorial provided. With 8th, I can whip up something quick with a GUI, using the sensors and other libs it comes with, and deploy it. It looks the same on Windows, Android and Linux. The developer makes him self available, and quite honestly, the code is succinct enough and the documentation good enough that I only asked a lot the first week. You should give it a try. I am by no means a 'Forth programmer', and 8th is not a compliant Forth.