Pythoniac: Thoughts on a hardware Python processor
Gustavo Cordova
gcordova at hebmex.com
Thu Jun 27 18:44:42 EDT 2002
>
> Whoever asked if the Intel/AMD FP stack counted: nah - it's
> not the primary mode of the CPU like it was on the HP 3000
> and the Forth chip. BTW, speaking of the Forth chip, I think
> Forth, Inc. is still offering the IP for that if anyone wants
> to burn a few hunderd k$ on new silicon.
>
If I recall correctly, Chuck Moore's still churning out
forth processors, with on-chip fast memory and hardware
stacks, really really cool stuff. I think there's more info
in the ColorForth site, or at least it points you in the
right direction.
> While I think that creating a Python chip is a great and
> wonderful idea, I doubt it will or should happen:
>
> [... snip ...]
>
> For all these reasons and more, I think a good compiler with
> a retargetable backend is a better expenditure of time/effort
> and would yield a result far faster then a silicon development effort.
>
> Dave LeBlanc
> Seattle, WA USA
>
That's what I meant!! This compiler you talk about should generate
Forth instead of the normal byte code. Hmmm... I think it's doable,
but I've yet to learn more forth.
Do you know any good resources? Online books? Good archives?
Anything?
:-)
-gus
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