Next Generation Stack Computing

mymanfryday writes "It seems that stack computers might be the next big thing. Expert Eric Laforest talks about stack computers and why they are better than register-based computers. Apparently NASA uses stack computers in some of their probes. He also claims that a kernel would only be a few kilobytes large! I wonder if Windows will be supported on a stack computer in the future?"

Twelfth of Never

[Tackhead]

> He also claims that a kernel would only be a few kilobytes large! I wonder if Windows will be supported on a stack computer in the future?"

In Redmond, 640 bytes isn't enough for anybody.

Oh?

[qbwiz]

I thought the 387 and Burroughs B5000 were odd, antiquated architectures, but apparently they're the wave of the future.

Linking to 300MB video files from Slashdot?

[Colin Smith]

Someone's having a larf. Oh you do crack me up Messrs mymanfryday and CmdrTaco.

Please try the bittorrent. No, wait... Teach em a lesson, make em burn.

 

They're great

[TechyImmigrant]

Mathematicians like stack computers because its easier to formally prove the behaviour of algorithms using stacks.
Hardware engineers like stack computers because the hardware is interesting and easy to design
Investors hate them because they keep loosing money on them.

We are heard this before...

[__aaclcg7560]

Apparently NASA uses stack computers in some of their probes.

In space no one can hear you blue screen of death. Unless you work for Lucas Films.

PC Stacks

[celardore]

I once had a job where I had to sort through stacks of computers. Overall the stacks were pretty useless, a bunch of burnt out 286s. Even if you put all your redundant computing power into a stack doesn't neccesarily make it better!

Does it run Windows?!?

[Stealth Dave]

I wonder if Windows will be supported on a stack computer in the future?

No, no, no, NO! This is SLASHDOT! The proper response is "Does it run Linux [wikipedia.org]"?

Fun and games

[Carnildo]

It's all fun and games until someone hits a stack underflow.

Question about stack computer types

[thewiz]

Do these come in short- and tall-stack versions?
Are maple syrup and butter options?

Re:Assembly Code was fun

[hal2814]

RISC assembly code? That's so weak. I'd rather spend a day writing an assebmly routine that has an equivalent single obscure machine instruction I didn't know about beforehand, thank you very much.

FORTH post!

[Anonymous Coward]

Nothing to see here. Sorry.

Re:Oh?

[Rob T Firefly]

I had a good C interpreter ported over to punch cards, but one day I accidentally dropped crate #147 off the forklift and they went everywhere. Damn my lazy habit of not labelling my media!

I should be finished unshuffling them in another six or seven months.

Re:X86 FPU's finally losing their stackness

[Tumbleweed]

Since the dawn of time, the x86 FPU has been organized as a stack

No no no, since the dawn of time, Man has yearned to destroy the Sun!

x86 came much later, right after the COBOL and the other dinosaurs.

Re:Computer-Science Motto: Back to the Future

[Andrew Kismet]

I cannot consider your post valid, as you've claimed that 2000's "Bewitched" was 'art'...

Re:Does it run Windows?!?

[doi]

I think you mean a Beowolf Cluster...

I think you mean a Beowolf STACK...

Which would be better, a cluster of Beowolf Stacks, or a stack of Beowolf Clusters? Of course, the answer is a stacked cluster of Beowolf Clustered Stacks.

Re:Does it run Windows?!?

[roman_mir]

No, the proper response here is this: it Linux run does?

Re:I Know...

[x2A]

Stack computers, are basically like rack computers, except you can't pull out the one at the bottom.

A bumper sticker I saw once

[Michael Woodhams]

You Forth (heart) if honk then

No, the *PROPER* response is

[Slithe]

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of them.

Re:Obligatory

[Hyram Graff]

First, rotate your version 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Next exchange all '0's and '*'s. What do you have? The answer is down there in my sig.

I was going to use '*'s and '.'s but with variable width fonts I couldn't get it to come out in a grid and I couldn't figure out how to have a monospace font appear in my sig. Thus, I replaced the '.'s with '0's and have the version that you see.

Re:Does it run Windows?!?

[Anonymous Coward]

>>>think you mean a Beowolf Cluster...

>> I think you mean a Beowolf STACK... Which would be better, a cluster of Beowolf Stacks, or a stack of Beowolf Clusters? Of course, the answer is a stacked cluster of Beowolf Clustered Stacks.

>Either way, I think we can all agree... we welcome our new Beowolf stack overlords

On our way to

1. Build Beowolf stack overlords using linux
2. ...
3. Profit

Re:Assembly Code was fun

[Thuktun]

I'd rather spend a day writing an assebmly routine that has an equivalent single obscure machine instruction I didn't know about beforehand, thank you very much.

http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/97/Nov/assembly. html [netfunny.com]