7 Aug
2008
7 Aug
'08
10:29 a.m.
>>>> "Richard" == Richard
<legalize at xmission.com> writes:
Richard> In article <18587.8416.365037.641299 at gargle.gargle.HOWL>,
Richard> Paul Koning <Paul_Koning at Dell.com> writes:
> Another P-code example, somewhat strange:
>
> The TUTOR language compiler in the PLATO system (designed by
> University of Illinois, "marketed" by CDC) is a P-code compiler.
> Or more precisely, a hybrid. It generates P-code for most
> operations, but it generates machine code for arithmetic and low
> level loops.
Richard> How did uTUTOR (microTUTOR) differ? I seem to recall that
Richard> it downloaded directly into the terminal, which was a Z80.
8080, actually.
As far as I can tell microTUTOR is a more conventional p-code system,
i.e., no machine code in the compiler output.
paul