Possibly writing an emulator... of sorts — #12

Post #12 by Bunsen

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Development
Post Date	Fri, 19 Dec 2008 - 07:39
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/possibly-writing-an-emulator-of-sorts.15940/

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Actually, implementing it in Pascal might be a good call -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_(programming_language)

Pascal was the primary high-level language used for development in the Apple Lisa, and in the early years of the Mac; parts of the original Macintosh operating system were hand-translated into Motorola 68000 assembly language from the Pascal sources. /

In order to rapidly propagate the language, a compiler "porting kit" was created / that included a compiler that generated code for a "virtual" stack machine / the Pascal-P system. / at least one system, the notable UCSD implementation, utilized it to create the interpretive UCSD p-System.

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_Pascal

All of the above is open to correction by others who know what they're talking about (ie, not me) and your own research.