A Challenge for High-Level Programming Language Enthusiasts: Redesigning Hardware and Compilers
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Summary
The article presents a challenge to enthusiasts of high-level programming languages (e.g., Lisp, Python, Haskell) to articulate their ideas on how hardware or compilers should be redesigned to better support these languages, rather than just critiquing existing systems. It invites detailed discussions on the topic.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledDo you think high-level languages would run fast if the stock hardware weren't 'brain-damaged'/'built to run C'/'a von Neumann machine (instead of some other wonderful thing)'?
If you think that you know how hardware and/or compilers should be designed to support HLLs, why don't you actually tell us about it, instead of briefly mentioning it?
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