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It's interesting to me that the AGC contains an implementation of a virtual machine that is used to perform the higher-level mathematical functions (called 'The
by EvanAnderson 10y ago
It's interesting to me that the AGC contains an implementation of a virtual machine that is used to perform the higher-level mathematical functions (called 'The Interpreter'). Some details are available in this PDF starting on page 74: http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/NARA-SW/E-2052.pdf http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/NARA-SW/E-2052.pdf
It would be fun to do some research into the embedding of higher-level virtual machines in earlier computers. I'm thinking of 'The Interpreter' in the AGC as being an ancestor to 'SWEET16' in the Apple II (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWEET16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWEET16), or the 'Graphic Programming Language' (http://www.unige.ch/medecine/nouspikel/ti99/gpl.htm http://www.unige.ch/medecine/nouspikel/ti99/gpl.htm) in the TI-99/4A.