**go to: forth.org/zoom**
for 2023 SVFIG Forth Day Zoom Meeting
**The Zoom Room is open 24-7, stop by and give it a try!
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There will be an IN-PERSON meeting at Stanford! Details below.
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*** PLEASE NOTE 09:00 AM (Pacific Daylight Savings) START TIME
***All durations and descriptions are approximate or perhaps entirely inconsistent with what will eventually transpire.
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# AGENDA (descriptions edited to fit MeetUp 5000 character limit)
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09:00 --- WELCOME --- Kevin Appert, Program Chairman and Master of Ceremonies
This will incorporate the ceremonial starting of the Zoom recorder.
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09:05 --- The J1 Family of Soft core Processors --- Christopher Lozinski
“My last SVFIG talk, “Review of Soft Core Forth Processors”, was a high level market overview.
I am now busy hacking the Mecrisp-Ice source code. This talk explains why I chose to build on
that code base. “
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09:35 --- ISO Weeks Programming Challenge --- Bill Ragsdale
“The ISO 8601 Standard week is used for planning business finance and operations. A key element is numbering the weeks of the year, albeit with a non-intuitive method.
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10:05 --- Lambdas in Forth --- Brad Nelson
“Lambda expressions have become a popular language feature, finding their way into Python, Java, and even C++.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_function
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10:35 --- Photo Op and Bathroom Break
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10:40 --- System Forth --- Samuel Falvo II
"A quick overview...
--- I have solved the wordlist bug in my System Forth implementation, so wordlists actually work!!
--- I also implemented LIST, so I can see what the heck I'm about to load now.
:D And PAGE and AT-XY too.
---Tic-tac-toe game demo."
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11:00 --- FluidNC DIY CNC --- Mitch Bradley
FluidNC is CNC controller firmware that runs on very low cost hardware, but is flexible enough to support many different kinds of complex machines. I will introduce the basics of CNC controllers, explain how FluidNC came about, and discuss the challenges of supporting an open source project of this magnitude in the context of a DIY community.
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11:20 --- Forth Recognizers in SwiftForth --- Leon Wagner - President - FORTH, Inc.
The Forth interpreter doesn’t have a standard method for extending how it processes various kinds of text tokens. There’s a white paper here on our website:
https://www.forth.com/forth-recognizers-in-swiftforth/
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11:40 --- Fall Haikus --- Brad Nelson
Using the power of Forth Haikus we'll create seasonal fall images and animations to celebrate Forth Day.
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11:50 --- Lunch
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12:32 --- CORE I Project Update and AI IS the Forth's "Killer APP" --- Don Golding
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12:52 --- 2023 State of the CoSy Report --- Bob Armstrong
“CoSy Status Report? (Can't think of anything succinct to add)
CoSy , Yesterday , Today and Tomorrow? (honors Sophia Loren , but I don't want to spend time on Yesterday)
2023 State of the CoSy Report has an official sound to it . Whatever.”
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13:12 --- Getting Started with arrayForth --- Greg Bailey <[greg@greenarraychips.com](mailto:greg@greenarraychips.com)>
“My plan would be to deliver on my promise a year ago to present a video on
the simple process of downloading, installing and using arrayForth 3”
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13:57 --- Fireside Chat --- Chuck Moore
It's a Forth Day tradition!
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15:00 --- Adjourn
The recording will be stopped without ceremony. Good fellowship and conversation can continue in our tastefully furnished Zoom Room.

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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

IN PERSON MEETING
SVFIG will meet in the Peterson Building (Building 550) on the campus of Stanford University.
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Parking: There is open parking on weekends. You may park in any A or C designated areas or metered space. There is no need to feed the meter on the weekends. Do not park in any place marked with 24/7 restrictions! Read the signs!
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Building Entrance: Make your way to the Panama Mall entrance of the Peterson Building. The door is labeled Building 550 - Mechanical Engineering Design Group. Do not ask Stanford students to let you in and do not enter the building behind them.
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Here is the googlie map showing Peterson:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zoG341Pv7BDjwijUA
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I recommend parking in the lot at the corner of Santa Teresa and Lomita:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QwkQSGj6H2MRXthX8
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For maps and parking info, go here: (ignore the old dates)
http://forth.org/svfig/03-2020.html