January 2026
Meeting Notes

Compiled by Dave Jaffe

Contributions from Kevin Appert and others


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SVFIG YouTube Channel

Zoom Chat     Screenshot

09:30

Start of the Meeting - Kevin Appert, SVFIG Program Chairman

09:30

Announcements - Kevin Appert, SVFIG Program Chairman

09:32

BBF001 Beyond Bitcoin & Forth - Hilbert Hotel with Infinite Cabinets - Liang Ng
“This is a series of presentations to recap my work on Forth and the next generation Internet hardware, software & networking technologies, starting with David Hilbert’s theory of infinity, as illustrated by the Grand Hotel with (a twist that is) rooms containing infinite cabinets, representing ownerships of digital assets (in the cabinets) using hash numbers. The Hash Filesystem replaces database servers, simplifying server node implementations based on Forth architecture.“

10:15

Screenshot

10:16

Levels of Abstraction Using OOP - Bill Ragsdale
Bill will talk about object-oriented programming in Forth, focusing on factoring and modularizing objects to enhance efficiency and ease of maintenance.

Video (13:12)
Slides
Presentation Summary

10:29

Jotblk and Haiku in 2025 - Brad Nelson
"I'll review Forth Haikus from 2025 AND review my year's use of jotblk (a web based block editor for jotting down Forth ideas)."

Video (20:05)
Forth Haiku Salon

11:10

My Custom Forth Compiler and the Cool Things it Does - Nelo Mitranim
Nelo will report on a new native-code Forth compiler that he produced from scratch. It bootstraps itself on the fly, offers better ergonomics, and improvements over traditional Forth.

Video (39:50)
Website
 

Announcement - Kevin Appert

11:36

CoSy Update - Bob Armstrong
"I have produced code that generates the dates for the 2026 SVFIG meetings, including the third-Saturday rule for November and December."

Video (27:52)

12:04

End of the Meeting

Future

Unix Revisited - Greg Bailey
“I will share a little extemporaneous humor about revisiting unix / linux / whatever after 35 years away from that environment; I've been asked to put arrayForth-3 on that platform and am finding the process amusing.”

Windows Shell Support in Win32Forth - Bill Ragsdale
Bill will examine the three levels of direct user's Forth interface to a Windows based PC.

Creole Forth and Picar-X, Part 2 - Joseph M. O'Connor
Joseph will continue his presentation of Creole Forth for Python which he used to develop commands for the Picar-X robotic car.

Smart Token System - Don Golding
Don will discuss a combination of Color Forth constructs: a packet like structure for the cell.

Getting Started with arrayForth - Greg Bailey
"I will present a video on the simple process of downloading, installing, and using arrayForth 3."

Direction Finding - Andrew Korsak
Andy is planning to present this application.

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
Products in Forth
Misc Forth Stuff
The Evolution of Forth
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
The Altair 8800
Retro Computing
Tutorials
Education
Contests
Blogs
Other

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