An einem Fri, 30 May 2025 07:15:02 +0000 schrieb der Meister WROCC:
WAKEFIELD RISC OS COMPUTER CLUB
RISC OS Open Ltd ----------------
Meeting on Wednesday 4th June at 7.45pm
Steve Revill will be explaining how RISC OS is facing an existential challenge. Much of RISC OS is written in carefully crafted 32-bit
assembly language. With platforms like the Raspberry Pi 5 moving to 64-bit-only processor modes, and ARM gradually removing support for
32-bit from its designs, RISC OS is at risk of being left behind unless
we act decisively. Through its 64-bit Moonshot, ROOL is aiming to help
search for funding and coordinate technical developments to address this challenge, and guide RISC OS into a 64-bit future. ...
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The Wednesday has passed and the meeting is over. Eventually there will be
a video (for the centuries to come) to have a look into what has been discussed. But there is one thing I have to write down:
The transition from 32 Bit to 64 Bit ARM Code is (will be) a big and hard
work if one or two programmers shall do this. But as the times go on there
will be more and more technical solution to simple translations from one
type of code to another. AI comes to mind - and this is progressing fast.
So, probably it could be an interessting idea to find a way that allows a
code translation made by a machine - full or semi automatic. If one tries
to train an AI Tool with the aim of ARM32 => ARM64 translation
capabilities this thing (probably) could reduce the amount of work substantially.
There is one fact that allows this: RAM / ROM is not a hindering factor
anymore and there is no limitation to keep the ROM Modules under 4MB.
Second: if it runs, it will be speedier than ever before, since the new
core are a way faster.
Third: if the output is an human readable ARM64 code, it will be much
easier to change something and optimize it afterwards - on the running
system.
And: in the long term, there will be (!) such tools. (I think so.) That
means in some years it is possible to translate some ARM32(64) modules
into C or another higher language code. That allows than a much better
way to control and partly rewrite it.
Fun-Fact: Elon Musk has been cited, thinking about the AI supported codetranslation form Cobol to Java for code from the 1950s that runs the worldwide finance system. It should be an much easier task to train such
a system for an ARM32 to ARM64 translation.
SBn
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