I replied to davem at length but I think I forgot to "reply to all recipients". The gist of it is Forth code density is so high on Forth hardware that things like icaches aren't as important, and the factors involved are entirely different. Like high-performance Forth engines are tiny and draw negligible current. Two URL's... http://forth.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://www.mindspring.com/chipchuck/forth.html Rick Hohensee www.clienux.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/