Pythoniac: Thoughts on a hardware Python processor

[Richard Jones]

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:44, Gustavo Cordova wrote:
> > Whoever asked if the Intel/AMD FP stack counted: nah - it's
> > not the primary mode of the CPU like it was on the HP 3000
> > and the Forth chip. BTW, speaking of the Forth chip, I think
> > Forth, Inc. is still offering the IP for that if anyone wants
> > to burn a few hunderd k$ on new silicon.
>
> If I recall correctly, Chuck Moore's still churning out
> forth processors, with on-chip fast memory and hardware
> stacks, really really cool stuff. I think there's more info
> in the ColorForth site, or at least it points you in the
> right direction.

Ooh... from there I found:

  http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~koopman/stack_computers/index.html

  "The ENTIRE BOOK is available to read on-line or to download for
   off-line reading!"

Oh dear, there goes my spare time (again) :)


    Richard