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by Kenneth Cochran
Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:24 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Languages other than Forth that use ITC or DTC interpreters
Replies: 11
Views: 2283

Re: Languages other than Forth that use ITC or DTC interpret


Actually, one of my favorite examples of a language using threaded code for its execution is the original compiler for DEC FORTRAN for the PDP 11/20.

Nice. This is exactly was I was looking for. The problem with dissecting similar implementations of the same language is that it's difficult to ...
by Kenneth Cochran
Wed Jul 13, 2022 2:08 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Languages other than Forth that use ITC or DTC interpreters
Replies: 11
Views: 2283

Re: Languages other than Forth that use ITC or DTC interpret


The Acheron VM is a bit like Sweet16 on steroids: http://forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2236


Wow, thanks for the link. I hadn't stumbled across this one yet. I'm definitely planning on implementing 16 and 32 bit operations as an optional feature.

Plasma? https://github.com/dschmenk/PLASMA ...
by Kenneth Cochran
Tue Jul 12, 2022 9:32 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Languages other than Forth that use ITC or DTC interpreters
Replies: 11
Views: 2283

Re: Languages other than Forth that use ITC or DTC interpret


David A. Wheeler has a page about 6502 language implementation approaches, at https://dwheeler.com/6502/, with a lot of links. His opening line refers to "extremely old and obsolete 6502 chips," probably telling his opinion and attitude about the '02 right from the start; but I'm sure you'll still ...
by Kenneth Cochran
Tue Jul 12, 2022 7:27 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Languages other than Forth that use ITC or DTC interpreters
Replies: 11
Views: 2283

Languages other than Forth that use ITC or DTC interpreters

I'm working on a project to make homebrew game development for older generation game consoles more approachable for developers. Most development for these systems was done in assembler, especially the early consoles which were extremely resource constrained even for the time.

One of my goals is to ...