1 Jan
2009
1 Jan
'09
11 p.m.
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009, Allison wrote:
C was written for or about the PDP-11. Just about all
the C addressing
modes and basic OPs are native for pdp11 addressing and many instructions.
Then we have the WD Pascal Microengine that basically was the implementation
of P-code in microcode.
There are machines that are coded for forth primitives directly.
I believe somewhere there was or is a a Java engine.
Memory says there was a Wang machine that directly executed Basic.
Generally it was not uncommon but most were lost to time.
I get a little uncomfortable contemplating the possibility of a machine
designed to execute ASP.NET.