Re: Lua hardware..

[Asko Kauppi <asko.kauppi@...>]

I think Lua "extended instructions" ala MMX could eventually be there, 
but this is building on somewhat futuristic ideas (reprogrammable FPGA 
as a coprocessor) only now beginning to surface on the market.

Anyhow, my initial post was not about this, but simply a traditional 
I-don't-care-which-cpu gadget, that'd be software-wise set up to run 
Lua applications well.  Or, even to run them exclusively.

-ak


15.1.2005 kello 18:20, skaller kirjoitti:

 On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 19:45, Philippe Lhoste wrote:
> > Asko Kauppi wrote:
> > > Still thinking what I'd like of Lua.  A nice, cheap, portable 
> > > hardware
> > > platform totally running it.  I know.. it's just a matter of time.  
> > > But
> > > think if -say- iPod Photo could be scripted in Lua.  :D   Or am I 
> > > just
> > > too Mac-aholic?
> >
> > Or too Lua-holic?... :-)
> >
> > Recently, I wondered if one could make a Lua processor, ie. one that
> > would use Lua VM opcodes as native instruction set... That would be 
> > fast!
>
> No it wouldn't. It has been tried before -- Lisp machine for example --
> and it was an abysmal failure .. slower than a conventional
> processor.
>
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