From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2002-10-03T02:23:00+09:00
Subject: Tcl implemented in hardware?

This is a rather strange item.  I was checking out comp.arch.fpga 
(newsgroup dedicated to subjects dealing with using FPGAs[Field 
Programmable Gate Arrays] for computing) and saw a post that pointed to 
this link:

http://www.gmvhdl.com/acrodesign/research.html#tob

They've apparently implemented a Tcl interpreter in _hardware_.
Does Tcl have a virtual machine (I didn't think it did)?  Perhaps they've 
implemented a Tcl virtual machine in hardware (I suppose it would be 
called a 'real' machine then since it wouldn't be 'virtual' anymore).

Ruby in hardware anyone?  That could speed things up quite a bit.  Or how 
about Parrot in hardware?

Phil