Re: objects and forth

Using "real" hardware would defeat the purpose of what they are doing.
The idea is not just to be able to program at the assembler level, but
to have an understanding of how a computer works from the ground up.
As an undergrad I had a computer architecture course where we built
a simulated "processor" but at the end of the course we couldn't do
anything with it.  I thought "Gee that was nice.  Now what?"  The 
only suggestion I would have is if they used an FPGA but I don't know
if that would complicate the course so that it couldn't be done in 12
weeks.



----- Original Message ----
From: David J. Goehrig <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 5:56:51 AM
Subject: Re: [colorforth] objects and forth

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 10:33:42PM -0300, Jecel Assumpcao Jr wrote:
> 
> You might find this course interesting:
> 
> http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/

Thanks Jecel, it does look interesting. I got to say, I disagree 100% with their approach on the software side.  Any student is better off learning on real hardware, or at least an emulator of real hardware like Bochs.

> About the subject, I worked on hardware for OO Color Forth in 2001/2002

Do you have anything on it on your sites?  I'm guessing you were looking to use it to power your Self port?

> and so have an opinion about this. But it will have to wait until
> tomorrow (Friday is more likely...).

Tease... :)  I'm looking forward to seeing some more details on the new silicon.

Dave


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