Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!ut-sally!ut-ngp!auscso!stevem From: stevem@auscso.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: C machine Message-ID: <759@auscso.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 23:16:17 EST Article-I.D.: auscso.759 Posted: Thu Dec 3 23:16:17 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 22:00:39 EST Distribution: na Organization: Austin UNIX Users Group, Austin, Tx. Lines: 24 Keywords: C, Lilith (sp?), In Progress? 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. I was also led to understand that, because of this design, the machine could execute compiled Modula programs much faster than any general purpose CPU in the same word-size/clock-speed class. 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. It seems that this would be the ultimate UNIX machine, eliminating the need for assembly patches to the kernel. It could run a completely portable version of UNIX and be very quick about it. If there are problems inherint in the design of C that make such a machine impossible I would like to know what these are. If there are no such problems then why in the world haven't I heard about it? I read all of the UNIX literature I can get my hands on and it seems that someone would have noticed the potential of such a machine by now. p.s. I've noticed alot of people putting trademark notices in their notes whenever they use the word UNIX. I hope I won't be taken away in the middle of the night by the secret phone police for not doing so myself. 8-O