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Ask Chuck Moore About 25X, Forth And So On

Chuck Moore is, among other things, a chip designer. His latest design, the 25x, is based on a 5x5 array of X18 microprocessor cores, and could provide 60,000 MIPS with a production cost of about one dollar. And Moore has the chops to back that up: he's been designing tiny, efficient processors for many years. He's also the inventor of the programming language Forth, which has evolved from a miniscule but radically fast language "difficult for a human to read" (according to The Secret Guide) to the even more radical colorForth. How radical? Try "includes own operating system; has own 27-key Dvorak keyboard layout; meaningful color syntax." How's that for starters? Ask below your questions for Chuck about processors and programming (ask all you'd like, but one per post, please) We'll pass the best ones on to him, answers soon to follow.

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  1. fp by lunchroombob · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    even though its not "#1" its still fp!

  3. Forth Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Forthus Postus, Beeotchae!

    pleeeeease?!!!

  4. are you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    homosexual?

    cute?

    available?

    horny?

    hung?

    1. Re:are you by s2r · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      No, just millionaire.

    2. Re:are you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      no. yes. no. yes. yes.

      postercomment compression filter? wtf?

  5. Question for Chuck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why are you such a fucking moron?

  6. TYGHB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do ou ink it is possile to proram wiou e kes lised in e subjec of is messae?

    1. Re:TYGHB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Do ou ink i is possile o proram wiou e kes lised in e subjec of is messae?

      (probably not since I couldn't even do it.)

  7. Re:x.25? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    too bad /. doesn't have "Incoherent" or "Gibberish" moderation...

  8. You guys are such idiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You aren't being "censored."

    Let's see. Do you own the machines that /. runs on? You don't? Do you own the network infrastructure or pay for the bandwidth? You don't? Funny, that. The fact of the matter is that these guys can do whatever they want with their website, including moderating you down or deleting your posts. That's freedom, not censorship. The type of society that you espouse (where people are unable to control content on their own Web site) is the scary one. Now, if you morons tried to form your own site and the government stepped in and shut you down, that would be censorship. You, however (no doubt reaching from the depths of your junior-high education) consider it to be "censorship" when crap you write on somebody else's Web site gets moderated down. Talk about kiddie mentality.

    Personally, I think Rob and company go far too easy on you. If it were me, I would post your IP addresses publically. For those of you trolling or crapflooding from work, I would go out of my way to make sure that the network/system administrators at your workplace got a chance to see your works of "art." I would do some investigation and track down names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other such information. I would then pass that information to any interested parties, both on and off Slashdot.

    You morons may whine about how your crap is consistently moderated down, but it could be far worse. If I were in charge of Slashdot, crapflooding here would be an extraordinarily dangerous activity, and a very real (possible) hazard to physical well-being. I just wish Rob and company would start fighting back, because I'll tell you what: there would be a ton of people on their side.

  9. 25x chips... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can you Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of THESE???

  10. MOD THIS UP! by samf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please!

  11. One Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you a god?