functional assembly language

Question

Hey guys,

Lets say there was an architecture XYZ which was optimised for functional languages (like haskell). Can any tell me the advantages of such an architecture and also a "functional" assembly language?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

It's impossible since any real hardware is imperative, by its nature. It's like a trinary machine - it's good in theory, but you can't realize it in hardware.

Answer 2

forth is lightweight and low-level lisp.. and,

stack-computer architecture for forth and lisp

lisp-machine

Second-Generation Stack Computer Architecture