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Re:MIPS Becomes RISC-V by jacquesm on Monday March 08, 2021 @06:58PM (#26393362)
> I realize I've sort of just re-invented Javascript.

You've re-invented UCSD P-code.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-code_machine

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Re:MIPS Becomes RISC-V by brucehoult on Monday March 08, 2021 @10:27PM (#26395098)
BCPL ocode is quite a bit older the UCSD P-code.

The BCPL compiler always outputs ocode. Then a back end for the particular system statically generates machine code (or assembly language)

Back in 1983 I helped take a BCPL running on a VAX and add a M6809 back end to it.

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Re:MIPS Becomes RISC-V by jacquesm on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @03:22AM (#26396565)
Ah yes, it even rates a mention on that Wikipedia page. Thank you for pointing this out. 1966! Funny how all these supposedly 'new' concepts really go back all the way to the beginning.
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Re:MIPS Becomes RISC-V by pjmlp on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:13AM (#26396873)
Like safe systems languages, first one 1961.
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