On 04/10/2017 02:49 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. via cctalk wrote:
Thanks for the list--I was aware of the various Java engines and the WD P-code engine, but had never run into the SCAMP. > Some architectures that are considered general purpose have included > features to support specific languages. The original 8086 was good at > running Pascal, but pretty bad at C, for examle (this was fixed in the > 386). The National 32016 tried to support Modula-2 (and Ada) which > forced the 68020 to add matching features, which then were dropped from > the 68030 as it became obvious that C had won the language wars of the > 1980s. Okay, I've got to ask--exactly what made the 8086 unsuitable for C, but work with Pascal? I'll admit to puzzlement about this statement. --Chuck