From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2002-11-22T11:16:48+09:00
Subject: Re: The ultimate Application


"Mark Probert" <probertm@nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message
news:5.1.0.14.2.20021121134539.021f0388@zcard04k.ca.nortel.com...
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> 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.

FORTH is too easy, here's TCL

http://www.gmvhdl.com/acrodesign/TclOnBoard.ppt
http://www.gmvhdl.com/acrodesign/research.html

Mikkel