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There are many things CPU designers could do to improve high-level language performance. (See: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=46 http://www.loper-os.org/?p=46) Howe
by asciilifeform 17y ago
There are many things CPU designers could do to improve high-level language performance. (See: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=46 http://www.loper-os.org/?p=46) However, they will do none of them. The "we shall build C/C++ machines forever" dogma continues to rule with an iron fist.
There "is no market" for high-level-language-friendly silicon, because there is no software for it, because there is no market...
- jeremyw 17y agoActually, there has always been vigorous interaction between OS and chip designers. See VM evolution, performance counters, matrix/vector operations. I think read-barrier support, as a proven technique (see the same video for transactional memory as a functional bust) is on the cusp of acceptance.