Paul Gilmartin wrote: >It began nearly a half century ago with microcode implementation of S360> models, and only slightly later, W. M. Waite's Mobile Programming System.
>Nowadays: > microcode->millicode->PR/SM->VM->JVM->byte code >How many layers have I neglected? Hercules is a confluent branch This is fun. I'm not sure modern machines are both microcoded AND millicoded-I thought millicode was just another form of microcode. Am I wrong? To make it more exciting, how about this perversion (I'm removing microcode just in case): millicode==>PR/SM==>z/VM==>Linux==>Bochs==>Windows That's one more than your layering (whether microcode still exists or not)! Now, will it be speedy? I think not... ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
