Simon Ampleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jforum: Working with hexadecimals numbers.
Sun Aug 11 05:51:26 HKT 2002
 
> I'm creating a Z80 processor emulator in J ...
 
That was an interesting idea, considering that
one of first applications of APL was as the 
"programming" language to describe computer
systems. The P for Programming at that time meant
"implementation blueprint", as the notation was 
put on paper rather than executed on a machine.
Sort of a fine-grained UML for pre-OOP era, esp.
boxes and arrows.
 
Now since it's long been executable, it would be
interesting to see how it can be used both as blueprint
and for coding an actual running system.
 
Considering that most computers are topologically
similar, it should be possible to create a generic
toolkit with which it would be easy to specify
different systems.
 
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