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1. square+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-05-23 00:20:20
I wish the authors started a crowfunding campaign to port it to ARM. It would be a huge effort for sure (it's asm, ie rewrite just about everything from scratch) but it would pay a lot in the long run. I mean, it can be already spectacular on a mini PC, now imagine it running at these speeds on a 5x5cm $15 256MB RAM Allwinner H3, or any other similar specced, board where a Linux desktop would struggle to be useable after eating all resources. It would become an instant hit for providing ultra small systems with a fast and tight environment in which write network tools, dash boards for electronics projects with scriptable GUI primitives, etc.
replies(2): >>nix23+x >>drpixi+H4
2. nix23+x[view] [source] 2021-05-23 00:27:13
>>square+(OP)
And then port it to RiscV too ;)
3. drpixi+H4[view] [source] 2021-05-23 01:25:33
>>square+(OP)
Or rewrite most of it into small, quick C (or similar) - so it could be ported to other architectures easily. Overall size would be the major factor in speed and memory efficiency - rather than coding language.
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4. spijda+6f[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-05-23 04:02:41
>>drpixi+H4
Fun fact, the earliest versions of UNIX were, in fact, written in assembler, and rewritten piecewise into the bootstrapped "C" language, partially for portability (and sanity's) sake.
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