====== Forth benchmark and Forth "live-coding" ======

** Carsten Strotmann **

In this exibition I will help people with their Forth-Benchmark
entries for the "Ultimate Benchmark" https://theultimatebenchmark.org/

Between the Forth-Benchmark work, I will show some Forth live coding
on various retro machines (Atari ST, MS-DOS, ...) where
people can watch, ask questions and discuss Forth related matters.

Language: German / English
==== Details ====

This session will start benchmarking a couple of Forth systems for the Atari ST that currently do not have entries in the Benchmark table https://theultimatebenchmark.org/ . 

Later on the session I will try SectorForth -> https://github.com/cesarblum/sectorforth, a 16bit Forth for the 386+ PC that fits into a 512byte bootsector.

After the Forth Workshop, I'll try to implement the non-standard FOR-NEXT loop for VolksForth.

At any time, you can contact me about the Forth Benchmark competition.

The benchmark competition has two goals:

  * provide motivation for the people at VCFe / VCFb (or other Retro meetings) to do some "practical" work on their machine while having the systems on display
  * have fun with the machines

Being precise, accurate or producing meaningful benchmark results is actually **not** the goal :)

The main goal is: try to get the best possible result while still having fun! 


Rules

  * any Forth permitted
  * any Machine (Retro machines 15 years and older are preferred)
  * each participant can enter a submission for each combination of Forth-System and Machine with at least three (3) of the Benchmarks from https://theultimatebenchmark.org/
  * The winner will be drawn at the end of the event out of all submissions
  * the more combinations of Forth systems and retro machines one participant has submitted, the greater is the statistical chance to win 

Please send your Benchmark results per mail to forthbenchmark@strotmann.de or @cstrotm@mastodon.social until 17:00 CEST on Sunday 11th October.

There will be price drawing on Sunday during the closing event
==== My BBB Room ====

https://bbb.vcfb.de/b/cst-drc-n6m-dvh

==== Anwesenheitszeiten / Hours ====

^ Day       ^ Time          ^
|Saturday     | 10:00 - 12:30 Forth "live-coding" Atari ST benchmarks |
|Saturday     | 14:00 - 16:00 Forth Crashcourse Workshop https://wiki.vcfb.de/2020/vortraege_workshops#retro-forth-crashkurs  |
|Saturday     | 17:00 - 18:00 Sector Forth |
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|Sunday     | 18:30 - 19:30  |
| Sunday    | 19:30 - 20:00 Abschluss https://wiki.vcfb.de/2020/vortraege_workshops#abschlussveranstaltung |