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That was an analogy attempting to explain what OKAD does. The kernel represents the circuit being designed, while the assembler represents the OKAD toolchain.
by Cyph0n 9y ago
That was an analogy attempting to explain what OKAD does. The kernel represents the circuit being designed, while the assembler represents the OKAD toolchain.
The goal of the analogy was to demonstrate that OKAD is not suitable for designing large circuits, just like using assembly to write a modern kernel is not practical.
- evincarofautumn 9y agoWell, presumably it’s not meant to be suitable for designing large/complex circuits, but rather to solve just the specific problems that Moore had when he wanted to make a chip. That’s an essential part of Forth philosophy: write only and exactly what you need. Forth itself is designed this way, to be the minimal useful tool you can bootstrap in a few dozen instructions on a chip with almost no resources.