Fw: The libre hardware revolution was postponed due to mailing list issues

[Scheming Pony]

Cross posted from the Libre RISC-V project mailing list.

> One of the ideas I mentioned to Luke was the concept of a Lisp *coprocessor* 
> in silicon. How about MIT/Scheme ported to silicon, with an editor, computer 
> algebra system, physics, propagators, etc. for symbolic work? It would be 
> cool to have Edwin available as a system monitor, like the assembly monitor 
> of the Apple ][ (my first assembly experience in 1977).

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Stewart Milberger

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On Monday, February 17, 2020 4:40 PM, Scheming Pony <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My name is Stewart Milberger. I had an off-list discussion with Luke. He has 
> helped me extract some of my relevant experience from a sea of bad puns:
>
> I have about 30 years experience in C and C++. I've been focusing on Lisp 
> recently. I started using OpenGL at 1.1 many years ago. I have a undergrad 
> degree in CS with a minor in math. I have done many, many projects in all 
> kinds of domains, but focusing on graphics for 20 years.
>
> Luke thought this general background might be relevant to your Mesa subtask.
>
> I haven't contributed to Mesa, but I have used parts like the software 
> renderer for my own work. My current work is on scene graphs (especially 
> parallelization) and functional geometric modeling and rendering. Some of the 
> recent (past decade, or so) published projects I have developed or 
> contributed to:
>
> https://common-lisp.net/project/tovero/
> https://common-lisp.net/project/clive/
> https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/tovero/
> https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/kinetophone
> https://bitbucket.org/Coin3D/coin/wiki/Home
> https://www.github.com/libfive/libfive (the viewers)
>
> Luke and I talked a little about your hardware dev system. I have been 
> working on a minimal Posix system (LFS, e.g.) for my "instant-on, 4th gen 
> personal computer" now security hardened and equipped with graphics from a 
> supercomputer. That might be an area where I can contribute. One of the ideas 
> I mentioned to Luke was the concept of a Lisp coprocessor in silicon. How 
> about MIT/Scheme ported to silicon, with an editor, computer algebra system, 
> physics, propagators, etc. for symbolic work? It would be cool to have Edwin 
> available as a system monitor, like the assembly monitor of the Apple ][ (my 
> first assembly experience in 1977).
>
> I do look forward to talking to all of you! This is really a project I have 
> wanted to see for a long time.
>
> Stewart Milberger