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From: Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com>
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Subject: Re: Metrics on stack usage
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:34:07 -0400
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Paul Rubin wrote:

> Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> writes:
> > The stack question comes from a bigger argument about what is
> > an appropriate stack size for a processor. Part of the discussion
> > has been about the nature of code written for a stack machine and
> > how it affects machine resources.
>
> You should look up Philip Koopman's old book "Stack Machines" and
> related papers, if you haven't.  Also the more recent work by Tikhon
> Jelvis about compiling for the GreenArrays processor:
>
> http://jelv.is/chlorophyll.pdf

I have Koopman's book and some other papers he wrote for various
forth conferences.

Thanks for the other link which I had not seen my quick glance is an
interesting paper.

w..