begin quoting Darren New as of Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:40:31AM -0700: > SJS wrote: > >begin quoting Darren New as of Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 02:41:59PM -0700: > >>SJS wrote: > >>>I always associated p-machine with a specific VM. Was it a generic term, > >>>back in the day? Or was it always associated with UCSD Pascal? > >>Since there was really only one, the question is kind of unanswerable. :-) > > > >I think it makes a fine case for it not being a generic term, then. :) > > *Was* it a generic term? Mu.
Heh. > *Is* it a generic term now? Yes. I'd say no. In twenty years I've never heard anyone mention "p-machine" that wasn't referring to UCSD pascal. It's not generic. That's not to say that there haven't been misguided people using it as a generic term; there's always someone, after all. -- Bytecode is generic. VM is generic. P-Machine is specific. Stewart Stremler -- KPLUG-LPSG@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
