Lisp Machines. And if you're a real freak, Forth Machines

lyuhdev 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I wonder if there are any modern languages that would be particularly interesting to make specific hardware for. The only example I know of is the one that runs Java bytecode.

	▲	RetroTechie 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Add Forth to your list. There's 1 or 2 CPU's out there that came with a Forth engine in hardware (iirc). And there's some chips heavily optimized to run Forth systems (see eg. GreenArrays GA144. Sadly seems to be defunct these days?). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GA144 As for your original question: you might want to have a look at languages that overlap the border between 'traditional' PLs, and hardware description languages. Or hardware/software co-design, and tools used in that field. Edit: also see Oberon. > The only example I know of is the one that runs Java bytecode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazelle Probably implemented in billions of ARM cores out there. Unsure how much use it sees though.

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rramadass 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The Architecture of Symbolic Computers by Peter Kogge - Detailed Notes at: https://github.com/hlopko/architecture_of_symbolic_computers...