Still Alive

In the unlikely event that someone is still reading this, I would like to point out: the project lives.
I am still trying to figure out just how much resemblance to a proper Lisp Machine can be savagely beaten into an AMD Opteron. The focus remains on low-level details of the variety which, when changed, dynamite [...]

Posted in: LoperOS, Questions by Stanislav 1 Comment

The Linked List and Modern Architectures

The linked list is a less-than-welcome guest on modern machine architectures, for reasons which are well-known.
I am trying to determine if the difference between current cache and main memory speeds (as well as other concerns) have made CDR coding attractive again. It has traditionally been considered a no-no on any machine lacking hardware-assisted tagging. I [...]

Posted in: Lisp, LoperOS, Memory, Questions by Stanislav 2 Comments