[rescue] Forth

[nimitz at ns1.nimitzbrood.com]

> 
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 nimitz at ns1.nimitzbrood.com wrote:
> 
> > Here's a goofy idea - how big is a SETI client?  Couldn't you hack the
> > netboot stuff to get a TCP stack and then port the SETI or some other
> > distributed client to FORTH?
> 
> That's quite possible.  You're a sick man. :)

Thank you!  I'll take that as a compliment!  ;-)

> But if it could be made more generic, you'd have a way to build a neat-o
> pseudo-HPC cluster for easily parallelized problems that works across
> multiple platforms (SPARC, New World Mac, CHRP RS/6000) without a
> recompile

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Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these...
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Hmm...why am I suddenly imagining racks of IPC/IPX boards with blinken
lights?

Mike

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