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From: Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Metrics on stack usage
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:58:00 -0400
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rickman wrote:

> On 9/16/2014 3:11 PM, Walter Banks wrote:
> > rickman wrote:
> >
> >> On 9/16/2014 1:20 PM, Walter Banks wrote:
> >>> rickman wrote:
> >>>
> >> What apps are intended for your hardware?
> >
> > It is (yet another) non hosted embedded systems processor
> > that will probably be used mostly for stand alone process
> > control systems.
>
> Why don't you measure *your* apps for stack usage?  I would think that
> is what is important.
>
> I have worked on my own CPU design and when asked for advice on
> benchmark code here I was told to use my intended apps... makes sense to
> me.  :)

Intended apps are always the best measure.  (get features you measure in design)

I know what I am getting with my code generator now.  The question
is do I have a local minima or a minima. The bigger question and now
in the development process is a good time test if I can the code
generation approach.

w..