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LISPms, Multics, Symbolics machines all run instances of software that depended upon custom instructions, tailored precisely for the languages which they execut
by systemBuilder 8y ago
LISPms, Multics, Symbolics machines all run instances of software that depended upon custom instructions, tailored precisely for the languages which they executed, and could not be ported to any other machine.
- mruts 8y agoOpenGenera was ported to ALPHA64. Also, a VM exists for Linux/OSX. It works pretty okay. https://github.com/ynniv/opengenera https://github.com/ynniv/opengenera you first have to get the opengenera sources, though. But they aren't hard to find.
- vermilingua 8y agoGiven that you're so opposed to custom instructions, I'm sure you also abstain from using x86, ARM, etc. which all now include custom in silico instructions for decoding, crypto, etc. Keep fighting the good fight, comrade.