Hardware Lisp?

[Levi Pearson]

On Jun 30, 2006, at 2:50 PM, Daniel C. wrote:

> I'd really just like to build a proof of concept machine.  I guess I
> could just as easily create a virtual proof of concept machine but
> where's the fun in that?
>
> Dan
>

Do you know Verilog or VHDL?  If so, or if you want to learn, go get  
yourself a FPGA board with RAM and Flash and knock yourself out.  You  
can look on opencores.org for finished CPU designs to draw  
inspiration from.  Also, find some references on the design of the  
old Lisp Machine processors and Smalltalk processors, which had some  
similar aspects.  Maybe the old Burroughs B5000, too.

This is certainly not a small project, but it would be cool if you  
can stick to it for a while.

		--Levi