Author: Charles DavisCharles Davis Date: Aug 28, 2008 20:51
Charles Davis wrote:
> Peter Mortensen wrote:
>
>>>> Does a FORTH, commercial or free, exist for the
>>>> Cell processor used in Sony's PlayStation 3
>>>> game console?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A Forth written for the G5 should run on Cell shouldn't it?
Not necessarily. It all depends on what machine code instructions are in
use. The 'CELL' base is roughly equivalent to the G3, with SOME of the
Altivec instructions. (G3 with all of the Altivec , = G4)
G4 -> G5 increased clock speed, don't know about any additional
instructions available.
Chuck D.
>>> Adding the extensions to use that math crunchers might no be
>>> that hard.
>>>
>>> Mops (Mike's own programming system) is free and comes with
>>> source for compiling in a G4/G5 Macintosh. Mops uses...
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