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userbinator on April 2, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: iAPX432: Gordon Moore, Risk and Intel’s Super-CISC...

There were some attempts in the Java direction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_processor

But ultimately it seems that the idea of language-specific CPUs just didn't survive because people want to be able to use any programming language with them.

panick21_ on April 2, 2023 | [–]

The Java-Everything trip Sun went on was truly horrific. Both in terms of technical and business results.

lproven on April 3, 2023 | [–]

> people want to be able to use any programming language with them.

And then, except for a few rounding errors, they actually use C.

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