From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2002-11-22T10:56:45+09:00
Subject: Re: The ultimate Application

In article <5.1.0.14.2.20021121134539.021f0388@zcard04k.ca.nortel.com>,
Mark Probert  <probertm@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
>
>At 02:22 AM 11/22/2002 +0900, Dat wrote:
>>  But when it comes to the ultimate application like a language itself 
>> (Ruby, Perl, Python, etc.), nothing can beat the awesome C.
>
>Maybe the solution here is to start a Ruby-In-Hardware project,
>and embed a Ruby core directly into microcode.  Something like
>Chuck Moore did when designing the SH-BOOM and MuP21 chips for
>FORTH.
>
>http://www.ultratechnology.com/mup21.html
>
>Then we wouldn't have to worry about performance any more.
>
>
>
>-mark. ( ;-) )

It would be pretty hard to implememnt Ruby in Hardware given it's dynamic 
nature....

Phil