The VLM I'm using has the CPU emulated in assembler. Runs okay on Apple Silicon. It uses one core.
> And it's worth mentioning that a lot of the crucial components of the Lisp machine system, such as the windowing system, the garbage collector and the network stack work because they are written in a more structured and low-level manner so that they run efficiently and avoid consing.
Not all levels are low-level, there is a large higher level which is written using Flavors. Even transmitting IP packets is a Flavor method.
> And it's worth mentioning that a lot of the crucial components of the Lisp machine system, such as the windowing system, the garbage collector and the network stack work because they are written in a more structured and low-level manner so that they run efficiently and avoid consing.
Not all levels are low-level, there is a large higher level which is written using Flavors. Even transmitting IP packets is a Flavor method.