Language-specific CPUs was Re: uIEC/SD == AWESOME!

[dwight elvey]

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> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:34:37 -0800
> The FORTH chip I've used is the Rockwell R65F11P running RSC-FORTH ver 1.5
> in a little robot dog called " FIFO ". FORTH is great for controlling robots
> and telescopes but kinda sucks for number crunching.
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> Best regards, Steven
>

Hi
 An interesting statement. The Forth Chip, RTX2000, was often added
to machines to be specifically used to enhance the number crunching
ability of systems.
 I suspect your thinking is related to the fact that most cheep/free
Forth's lacked floating point, built in. I do have to admit that
a single stack is a little clumsy for multi dimensional vector operations.
Still, there is always the possibility of using some some type of local
variables ( most professional Forths support locals ).
Dwight
 
 
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