wbeebe@bilver.UUCP (Bill Beebe) (08/06/90)
In article <HD+4P=2@ggpc2.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >If you *really* want space efficiency the obvious thing to do is write in >Forth, or some other threaded language. Writing in assembler to save memory >is like writing in COBOL to improve readability. That way you retain quite >a high level of portability, you can still implement the critical code in >machine dependent fashion, and you save a *lot* more space than an assembly >implementation. To support assembler *and* Forthism, you could use the Harris chip (correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's something like the RTX-2000). The Harris chip, with it's instruction set Forth in hardware, would give you the best of both worlds - of you're so inclined.