What we’re about
Discussing and learning about the Forth programming language through:
*Monthly meetings http://www.forth.org/svfig/next.html
*Active website http://www.forth.org/svfig/
*Email discussion list
Upcoming events (1)
See all- September SVFIG ZOOM Meeting --- Fourth Saturday!Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA
go to: forth.org/zoom
for the SVFIG Zoom Meeting
**The Zoom Room is open 24-7, stop by and give it a try!
**If Forth.org is down, you can go to the Zoom room via this direct link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89716879946?pwd=Umx2WlNqU0pjbFplb3M1YS81WUU4dz09
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There will be NO IN-PERSON meeting at Stanford! Zoom only!
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*** PLEASE NOTE 09:30 AM (Pacific Daylight Time) START TIME
*** ONE HOUR DIFFERENCE FROM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME.
***All duration and descriptions are approximate or perhaps entirely inconsistent with what will eventually transpire.
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# AGENDA
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Festive Starting of the Recorder
There will be a brief joyful interlude to mark the beginning of the monthly recording of the Zoom session. Recordings will be posted to the SVFIG YouTube channel!
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Announcements
Speakers and suggestions welcome for Forth Day in November!
Ting's stuff, storage books, what to do with old computers?
Upcoming: https://bayarea.makerfaire.com/ Sep 26 – 28, 2025
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An N-Way Extensible Locator for Forth --- Bill Ragsdale
Bill will discuss a linking structure to all messaging or execution as an application grows.
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Screen Shot --- Everyone
We'll pause to record the roster for posterity. If you're on the lam, turn off your camera or log out for two minutes. Remember that the whole meeting is recorded for YouTube.
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Super Fly! --- Brad Nelson
“The flyweight design pattern is a technique for reducing memory use when applying an object-oriented approach to problems that involve a large number of objects. While working on a Forth implementation of FPGA synthesis for the ICE40, I discovered an even more compact sort of flyweight that works well for representing FPGA routes, made possible because of Forth's ability to redefine everything, including how dynamic dispatch works. I'll present my findings and demonstrate the current state of my Forth FPGA synthesis tool.”
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The Challange --- Participants
Last month, we talked about the Vintage Computer Festival and saw a T-shirt with dates and no year. Can you discern the year of this VCF of the past?
Here's the YouTube clip:
https://youtu.be/c7hA16nJcUM?si=pWS_Yayau_gtvjz9&t=2723
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CoSy Stuff --- Bob Armstrong
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Random Access, Round Table, Replays, Ad Hoc
What was your first Forth? On what platform?
Trade shows, Maker Faire, public outreach.
Elevator pitch for Forth / printing a bookmark list of resources?
Meeting locations from history, Chabot, ABI, Dyson Wedge, Cogswell, …? We need a list!
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ADJOURNMENT
The recording will be stopped without festivities. Good fellowship and conversation can continue in our tastefully furnished Zoom Room.
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Coming Next Month:
(maybe) Windows Shell Support In Win32Forth --- Bill Ragsdale
Examining the three levels of direct user's Forth interface to a Windows based PC.=+
Message Kevin Appert for more info! Send messages through Meetup-message, email, etc.
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Zoom meetings are recorded and presented on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SiliconValleyForthInterestGroup
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