February 2024 - Meeting Notes

February 2024 Meeting Notes Compiled by Dave Jaffe Contributions from Kevin Appert and others SVFIG on Google+ Hangout: long url - tinyurl SVFIG on Google+ - SVFIG on YouTube - SVFIG on YouTube Live - SVFIG on MeetUp SVFIG YouTube Channel Zoom Chat Screenshot
09:30	Start of Meeting - Kevin Appert, SVFIG Program Chairman. Video (07:06)
09:37	Implicit Compilation - Travis Bemann ”Implicit compilation is a new feature of zeptoforth where one no longer needs to define a word to use conditional or looping constructs, or a new BEGIN ... END block effectively equivalent to BEGIN ... TRUE UNTIL, from the REPL. Rather, zeptoforth is now smart enough to automatically create and compile an anonymous word in RAM, which will be immediately executed and then promptly forgotten, making the whole process essentially transparent to the user. The only thing is that all things created in the dictionary during this, including strings and quotations, are also forgotten in the process.“ Video (23:59)
10:01	PC32: (Color)Forth with Integrated Graphics - Julian Roca PC32 is a Forth implementation that provides OpenGL access as well as bare-metal capabilities under the OS. Video (21:30) New Tech Studio YouTube Channel Source Code PC32: x86 32bits Immediate Mode OpenGL
10:22	A Clever Computation of Pi - Bill Ragsdale Bill will discuss an algorithm and Forth code that computes PI to ten decimal places. Video (16:51) Slides
10:39	CoSy Internals - Bob Armstrong Bill will guide us on a quick tour of some of the structures and vocabulary essential to constructing APL level functionality upon a Forth foundation. Video (51:54)
11:30	How to Build a Star Trek Computer - Don Golding Don will tout his recent interview with Spencer Krause (43:56) and talk about Forth's killer application. Video (29:15) Slides Collaborative with Spencer Krause Don's YouTube Channel
12:00	End of Meeting
Future	Library for Quantum Encryption using FPGA Chips - Brett Gordon Gordon will present his efforts on creating this library. Getting Started with arrayForth - Greg Bailey "I will present a video on the simple process of downloading, installing, and using arrayForth 3" AI on CORE I LLMs - Don Golding Don plans to speak about Large Language Models CORE I basics, features, RISC V, and CORE I circuit board status. CORE I Applications - Don Golding and Demitri Peynado “Demitri and I would like to give a quick 15 minute update on CORE I then discuss the possible uses for a CORE I / Forth Computer.” Direction Finding - Andrew Korsak Andy is planning to present this application on Forth Day. Building GUIs in Forth, without the Gunk - Xuyang Chen Fiji - Jack J. Woehr Fiji Fiji Language The Game of Bridgit - Bob Armstrong
Other items: Forth for MSP430 Forth Tutorials Forth CPUs Forth Articles and Blogs Forth Programming Books Forth Jobs - submitted by Dennis Ruffer Other Jobs Green Arrays Forth People Guess Who's Next on Tish Talks Tech: Jack Woehr (video 59:56) Products in Forth Misc Forth Stuff Computers Components Software Applications Space Applications Space stuff Programming Languages other than Forth Operating Systems Utilities Hardware Other Books and Magazines Manuals & Documentation Articles Applications Stores Robots Games Companies Lectures People Surplus Houses Meetings Courses Trade Shows Podcasts Personal Computer History How a Dumb Move Spawned the x86 and Kickstarted the PC Revolution World's First PC Rediscovered Nearly 50 Years after Last Sighting Retro Computing Tutorials Education Contests Blogs Other John Walker died February 2. He was the creator of AutoCAD/AutoDesk and created ATLAST, a public-domain FORTH-like language, to encourage programmability to be added. Feeling that AutoLisp was a performance bottleneck but hooked on embedded automation, he created the "Autodesk Threaded Language Application System Toolkit" and released it into the public domain to encourage use. He was a prolific writer and his reasoning for choosing FORTH was interesting and insightful: Obituary announcement HN discussion ATLAST - Autodesk Threaded Language Application System Toolkit

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