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Jens-Uwe Rumstich writes:

 > > (No kidding, I expect compressed assembly in the next years, x86 already
 > > comes close!)
 > 
 > Isnīt EPIC pretty close to this? I heard, there are 3 instructions in
 > one
 > 128bit value. It would come even closer to compressed assembly IMHO :-)

Compressed assembly? Had been around for quite a while. It's called
threaded code. Current instances involve MISC (minimal instruction set 
computers) chips like MuP21 and i21/F21. Those unafraid of dire lunacy may
check out http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~ui22204/.html/txt/8uliw.txt
It's kinda old, but the concepts are still current.