Lisp, the machine language. Was Re: Hallelujah!

From: Max Eskin <max82_at_surfree.com>
Date: Sun Apr 4 10:47:12 1999

On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:

>They are micro-coded to run LISP, sorta like the WD P-Engine machines run
>PASCAL.

So, an assembly language program for them would look like lisp, as opposed
to MOVs, ADDs, and so forth? And same with Pascal? But why would anyone
want something that was microcoded to run Pascal? Are there any other
languages that have gotten microcoded into a processor?

 --Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
Received on Sun Apr 04 1999 - 10:47:12 BST