Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!labrea!jade!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: C machine Message-ID: <6203@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 22:32:17 EST Article-I.D.: jade.6203 Posted: Sun Dec 6 22:32:17 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 04:02:27 EST References: <759@auscso.UUCP> <1061@winchester.UUCP> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 29 Keywords: C, Lilith (sp?), In Progress? In article <1061@winchester.UUCP> mash@winchester.UUCP (John Mashey) writes: >In article <759@auscso.UUCP> stevem@auscso.UUCP (Steven G. Madere) writes: >>A year or so ago I read about a machine called the Lilith (sp?) that >>was developed in Switzerland. From what I read it seemed that this >>machine had been developed with Modula 2 applications in mind.... > >>If this is true, I would like to know if anyone out there is working >>on a similar machine designed to work more efficiently with C programs.... >At least the following, to some extent or other, were so done (with >recent references, which have many references to earlier work). >(Others are invited to post references). >*'d machines are commercially available today. I think BBN developed a series of machines a few years back that were supposedly optimized for C. They were available in various models, though all I've ever seen is the C/60. It's been a long time since I looked at the specs, so I really couldn't say how they were "optimized" or what sort of performance they got out of them. I *do* know that they didn't exactly sell like hotcakes and people seem to be using them as INP's on the internet. Does anyone know if this is because there are favorable reasons for using them this way? I suspect that BBN pushes them on people that need internet access.. Jordan Hubbard jkh@violet.berkeley.edu DISCLAIMER: "I don't know what the hell you're talking about.."