Cross posted from the Libre RISC-V project mailing list. > One of the ideas I mentioned to Luke was the concept of a Lisp *coprocessor* > in silicon. How about MIT/Scheme ported to silicon, with an editor, computer > algebra system, physics, propagators, etc. for symbolic work? It would be > cool to have Edwin available as a system monitor, like the assembly monitor > of the Apple ][ (my first assembly experience in 1977).
-- Stewart Milberger Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Monday, February 17, 2020 4:40 PM, Scheming Pony <scheming-p...@protonmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Stewart Milberger. I had an off-list discussion with Luke. He has > helped me extract some of my relevant experience from a sea of bad puns: > > I have about 30 years experience in C and C++. I've been focusing on Lisp > recently. I started using OpenGL at 1.1 many years ago. I have a undergrad > degree in CS with a minor in math. I have done many, many projects in all > kinds of domains, but focusing on graphics for 20 years. > > Luke thought this general background might be relevant to your Mesa subtask. > > I haven't contributed to Mesa, but I have used parts like the software > renderer for my own work. My current work is on scene graphs (especially > parallelization) and functional geometric modeling and rendering. Some of the > recent (past decade, or so) published projects I have developed or > contributed to: > > https://common-lisp.net/project/tovero/ > https://common-lisp.net/project/clive/ > https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/tovero/ > https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/kinetophone > https://bitbucket.org/Coin3D/coin/wiki/Home > https://www.github.com/libfive/libfive (the viewers) > > Luke and I talked a little about your hardware dev system. I have been > working on a minimal Posix system (LFS, e.g.) for my "instant-on, 4th gen > personal computer" now security hardened and equipped with graphics from a > supercomputer. That might be an area where I can contribute. One of the ideas > I mentioned to Luke was the concept of a Lisp coprocessor in silicon. How > about MIT/Scheme ported to silicon, with an editor, computer algebra system, > physics, propagators, etc. for symbolic work? It would be cool to have Edwin > available as a system monitor, like the assembly monitor of the Apple ][ (my > first assembly experience in 1977). > > I do look forward to talking to all of you! This is really a project I have > wanted to see for a long time. > > Stewart Milberger