SVFIG Monthly Meeting

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     Andreas will have copies of "Starting Forth" and the 'Book of the Month' for sale at the meeting for $10 a copy.
     Have a look at the gallery:
http://odroid.0xffffffff.in/~deploy/fig-book-of-the-month/

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      We will be streaming the meeting to YouTube. The stream can be found
at our YouTube account:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SiliconValleyForthInterestGroup/

      Please subscribe to the YouTube channel!

      Many previous meetings are available as well!

You can find more by using YouTube's search function:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=svfig

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SVFIG meets on the fourth Saturday of each month with the following exceptions:
     November's and December's meetings are on the third Saturday of the month.
     The Maker Faire will serve instead of the May meeting.

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If you are planning to attend in person or by YouTube, please go to Meetup.com and register for the meeting.
   http://www.meetup.com/SV-FIG/

There is no need to register if you are not attending.

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NOTES FOR FIRST-TIME ATTENDEES:

1) Print yourself a map so you can find the building easily. If you get lost, call Kevin Appert at 650.678.0532
2) The SVFIG web site has additional online information including maps:
http://www.forth.org/svfig/next.html
3) Suggested parking is in the small lot near the intersection of Santa Teresa St and Lomita Dr. There is no need to feed any meters on the weekends. Do NOT park in any place marked with 24/7 restrictions! Most other places are okay on Saturdays. Read the signs!

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This page is for the schedule and coming attractions only, other details will be in the email announcement and online here: http://www.forth.org/svfig/next.html
Links, PowerPoint, PDFs, and source files from previous months' meeting are on the SVFIG website. All this and video from Forth Days are on the SVFIG website too! Several years of SVFIG meetings are on YouTube for your Forthish pleasure.

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Meeting Schedule

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08:00 --- Coffee and a Chat

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08:25 --- Chairman's Welcome --- George Perry

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08:30 --- Pthreads under Gforth --- John E. Harbold
    John will present the ability to run pthreads under Gforth.

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08:50 --- Declarative, Inquisitive, then Imperative: Seven Years Later
                                                                                               --- Samuel A. Falvo
     "The DItI method of programming has allowed me to tackle sophisticated
programming challenges in Forth that, traditionally, I'd've wanted to
use a different programming language for. In this talk, I will
discuss what DItI is and provide examples to illustrate its value. As
time permits, I also will discuss problems frequently encountered
while using DItI, and propose changes to the Forth virtual machine to
try to tackle these problems."

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09:15 --- Insight of esp32eForth --- Chen Suan
Sam will describe and demonstrate this token-threaded Forth.
http://www.forth.org/svfig/kk/09-2017-Chen.txt

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09:40 --- Forth Haiku Vision --- Brad Nelson
Forth Haiku now has eyes! Use your laptop or cellphone camera and a few simple words to transfigure a live video feed. Imagine the possibilities: from fun-house mirrors, to image filters, to interactive art.

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10:05 --- Break --- Order Lunch
Make sure your lunch order is entered by the end of the break or you'll go hungry!

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10:15 --- Standalone FIG Forth on a PDP-11 Hard Disk --- Paul Hardy
     Paul will describe how the standalone floppy disk version of PDP-11 FIG Forth, reconstructed in early 2017, has been updated to a 10 Megabyte RL02 hard disk image. The disk image runs in common PDP-11 simulators.

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10:45 --- There's Forth in That --- Leon Wagner, FORTH, Inc.
     Leon will give an overview of some current commercial and industrial Forth applications that use SwiftForth (on Windows, Linux, and macOS) and SwiftX for embedded systems.

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11:15 --- Compile-time Execution / Parse-time Execution? --- Andreas Wagner
     Andreas will describe Parse-time Execution, an alternative to forth recognizers that decomposes and decentralizes the outer interpreter into the word headers for expressive pattern matching.

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11:45 --- The Control Loop in Mitochondrial DNA --- C.H. Ting
    "There is a stretch of about 1000 base code in mitochondrial DNA which does not code for any protein. I believe this stretch contains the secrets of genetic programming, which controls the growth and division of cells. I do not understand the code, but like to share some of my observations. I also believe that if God picked a programming language for genomes, he would surely pick Forth for its simplicity and expressiveness."

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12:15 --- Lunch
We'll have lunch catered by The Treehouse.
http://treehousestanford.com/

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13:15 --- GreenArrays Talks

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------- Fireside Chat ------ Chuck Moore

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~17:00 --- Group Photo and Roll Call Video
These will be posted to the Interwebs. Your participation is voluntary.

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NEXT --- CLEAN UP AND ADJOURN

GOTO --- Dinner at a local TBD restaurant.

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     Do we stick to the schedule? Yes, that is the goal. Forth Day is no exception. Remember, though, schedule slip is sometimes unavoidable. Sometimes somebody runs a little long or short. We've had speakers who just didn't show up.

     Once in a while we shuffle things around.   This is not done casually, maliciously, or for the amusement of the Program Chairman. Really, you can believe what you want. We've heard the rumors. Many of them are completely unfounded.

      If you're desperate to see a particular thing at a particular time please mention it and we'll try to accommodate you.

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      This page is produced by Kevin Appert, the SVFIG Program Chairman.
      This page is distinct from the SVFIG and FIG websites which are produced by the SVFIG Webmaster, Dave Jaffe. Comments and corrections are welcome.

Kevin's email: forther-at-Comcast-dot-net