What other languages use the same data model as Python?

Grant Edwards invalid at invalid.invalid
Thu May 5 10:31:58 EDT 2011


On 2011-05-05, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 04 May 2011 14:22:38 -0500, harrismh777 wrote:
>
>>     Here is the thing that everyone forgets... all we have to work with
>> is a von Neumann processor. (same as EDVAC, ENIAC, the VIC20, etc).
>
> Actually, this is incorrect. Most processors these days are hybrids 
> between that and either the Harvard or Modified Harvard architecture:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Harvard_architecture
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_architecture
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture

And a lot of the are still full-up Harvard architecture (e.g. the
entire Atmel AVR family and Intel 8051 family for example).

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! When this load is
                                  at               DONE I think I'll wash it
                              gmail.com            AGAIN ...



More information about the Python-list mailing list