lhf@aries5 (Luiz H. deFigueiredo) (08/24/89)
In article <385@maytag.waterloo.edu> I wrote: >I wrote: >>Does anyone have/know about a mix interpreter and/or mixal assembler? >>I'd like a copy (c source if possible) >>(MIX is Knuth's machine that appears in The Art of Computer Programming) > >I haven't had any luck yet getting an answer from the net. >I might have to write my own interpreter and assembler. >In any case, I'll post it to the net (any suggestions for the group?). Well, to this day I still do not have a working program. (I didn't have time to write one). Someone (sorry, I forgot who) said on the net that MIX was a thing of the past and that everyone, including Knuth, thought that HLL are better to communicate algorithms. I agree but I'd still like to be able to run the examples. Does anyone know whether Knuth is planning to use MIX for the forthcoming :-) volumes of The Art of Computer Programming? Below are the answers I got: From: dewey@dell.dell.com (Dewey Coffman) At the University of Oklahoma, we wrote a interpreter for MIX as a class project. AS I understand, the instructor was going continue this each year with a different piece until he had a compiler. His name is Ted Tenny. I don't believe he is with the University anymore. You might try contacting him through ACM.. dewey coffman Dell Computer Corp Austin Texas cs.utexas.edu!dell!dewey, uunet!dell!dewey dewey@dell.dell.com From: Steve <COLEMAN@UMBSKY> I have a version of MIX for VMS. I don't know if that's what you're looking for, but you're welcome to it. I haven't looked at it recently, but I know at least some of it is in assembly. so that probably isn't any good if you're using something other than VMS. Steve Coleman Computing Services UMass/Boston Bitnet: COLEMAN@UMBSKY Internet: coleman@umb.edu (Steve, if you read this, please mail me a copy. I couldn't send mail to you :-( ). From: tfd!kent%sundc.East@Sun.COM (Kent Hauser) I've always thought the world's problems would be solved is *someone* would just build a mix machine. However, until that time, I'd appreciate a copy of any MIX stuff you get. Thanks. kent@tfd.uucp {sun!sundc, uunet}!tfd!kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo internet: lhf@aries5.waterloo.edu Computer Systems Group bitnet: lhf@watcsg University of Waterloo (possible domains are waterloo.edu and uwaterloo.ca) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------