It should be noted that the Forth community lost an absolute pillar around the end of May (I don't have the exact date) when Dr. C. H. Ting passed away. He was

It should be noted that the Forth community lost an absolute pillar around the end of May (I don't have the exact date) when Dr. C. H. Ting passed away. He was a prolific advocate and author from the very beginning up through recently. If you ever wanted to know about Forth and how it worked, you've probably read his work. While Leo Brodie is famous for this mass market book, Dr. Ting dug into the presented the internals. His most recent work was advancing eForth, which he created long ago. Promoting it for modern micro controllers such as the MP430. But he came out with system guides both for early FIG Forths as well as for Forth-83, which is one of the more advanced Forths for the early PC. I never met him, but appreciated his work, and it's a great loss to the community.