March SVFIG ZOOM Meeting --- Fourth Saturday!

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 durations 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
Old computers, book stuffer.
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Metaprogramming VAMP in KYRA, a Next-gen Forth-like language --- Onat Türkçüoğlu
A fresh language and philosophy for coding CPUs/GPUs from scratch will be presented along with many inventions, design decisions, tradeoffs and hurdles.
Topics include discussing the essence of Forth, questioning the current understanding of it and visions about the future of software and hardware.
VAMP is an interactive tiling video player using Vulkan, SDL and FFMPEG, all including SPIR-V shaders coded in KYRA from scratch.
See the short teaser from last month on the SVFIG YouTube channel.
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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.
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Improved Sorting --- Bill Ragsdale (Tentative)
Building on his recent presentation Bill offers his version of a merge sort.
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Array Algebra in CoSy , 1th --- Bob Armstrong
“Presenting Array Algebra in CoSy aiming toward the math of AI , part 2.”
Bob was bumped last month so this month he'll have a guaranteed time slot.
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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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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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