Fungus: the Befunge CPU (2015)
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The 'Fungus' project implements a Befunge CPU on an FPGA, showcasing an unconventional CPU design, with commenters appreciating its novelty and discussing potential applications.
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"The Funge family is Turing-Complete, yet was designed to be ‘a nightmare to compile’."
"Fungus is a microcoded, 18-bit, two-dimensional extreme RISC machine extremely suited to the interpretation of Funge at the hardware level. The author visualises the implementation of Funge compilers to generate Fungus-native code. The reader to whom the concept of Cthulhu in a bikini sounds acceptable may additionally visualise optimisingFunge compilers for Fungus."