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Sure, once you have the infrastructure porting new architecture [via Forth]=
 is a matter of writing the "about thirty" words in machine code. The techn=
ique is from seedforth, as illustrated in the FOSDEM video: https://fosdem.=
org/2020/schedule/event/forth_new_synthesis/

If you did it with a SPARK verified Ada compiler, with the goal of passing =
the FAA certifications, you also get that level of assurance "for free" all=
owing you to only have to build a SPARK verified native-generation backend =
for getting a new FAA capable/certified compiler -- and considering there's=
 literally a sector of the industry there that makes their money off provid=
ing virtual-machines of older hardware so that they don't have to re-certif=
y the compiler, there's certainly incentive here.