RE: Another stack based CPU: J1

2015-04-15 Thread Loyall, David
The J1 is probably close to the simplest possible useful CPU. Alexander, do you agree with that statement? Is the J1 the same as pil? I see no similarities at all. Also, PilMCU doesn't strive particularly for simplicity (the PicoLisp *language* does). It is rather complex, with

Re: Another stack based CPU: J1

2015-04-15 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi David, thanks for the info! Today on HN I read about a tiny stack-based CPU called J1. This is its homepage: http://www.excamera.com/sphinx/fpga-j1.html and here is a more formal description: http://www.excamera.com/files/j1.pdf As Geo said, there have been Forth CPUs around a long time.

Re: Another stack based CPU: J1

2015-04-14 Thread George Orais
Hi Dave, Thanks for sharing this info :) I think i met something similar of this before, it was also a Forth machine And it was developed by the Forth language designer Charles Moore. I think it was called GreenArrays something? Btw the pilmcu progress got a bit slow due to some other urgent