Re: Why is GForth-ITC fast?

Stephen Pelc <stephenXXX@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Thu, 01 May 2008 11:41:05 -0500, Andrew Haley
> <andrew29@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> >That's a surprise: I didn't think anyone was still making 32-bit x86
> >processors.

> But it's so green! No FPU, and just 6W total. Runs Puppy Linux and a
> GUI just fine. Without a GUI, it's surprisingly quick.  Totally
> fanless, and very well made.

Sounds good to me.

> If you don't need more than 4Gb of RAM, why have more than 32 bits?

That's not the point though, is it?  What really matters, at least
from my point of view, is the size of the visible register set.
Whether those registers are 64 or 32 bits wide is much less
interesting.

Andrew.