Re: [9fans] Pico (again)

[Byron Rakitzis <byron@rakitzis.com>]

>Hi,
>
>Pico was a JIT compiler for expressions mapping one image onto another.
>The compiler was written only for the VAX.
>
>There are several versions available in c.s.u starting with a cut down,
>interpreted
>version called popi released by Gerard Holzman later versions had JIT compilers
>added  by Byron Rakitzis of Unix RC fame.

Hm... I did code generators for SPARC and MIPS roughly 10 years ago.
Later on I added a code generator for Alpha which was adapted from
the MIPS code, but which became much more exciting ultimately because
I added floating point, polar coordinates, trig functions, etc.

I did make a quick Java JIT for x86 in 1995 which I bolted into the
then brand-new Sun interpreted runtime. I imagine it would be possible
to adapt those macros to make an x86 pico (for what else do people use
these days but x86s??), but I haven't spent time on pico in years
and years.

I hardly participate in 9fans and I don't know where to post the code
these days. If someone would like a bundle of my pico directory with
the three above-mentioned code generators (SPARC/MIPS/Alpha), let me know.

Byron.