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Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target?

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Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> writes:
>> Once you have PICK it's no longer really a stack machine.
> Why not? When you PICK a value, where does it go? It goes on
> the..... stack!

The concept of a stack machine is that `you can only access the top of
the stack, not the interior.  For example, Chuck's F18 series.  If there
is PICK (other than through some looping hack) then it's really a RAM
machine.

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If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? nachtmann@gmail.com - 2014-05-26 14:44 -0700
  Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-26 14:51 -0700
    Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? nachtmann@gmail.com - 2014-05-27 11:25 -0700
      Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-27 18:43 -0700
        Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-05-28 01:41 -0700
          Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-28 01:56 -0700
            Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2014-05-28 14:56 +0200
              Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-28 09:19 -0700
                Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2014-05-28 18:56 +0200
                Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-28 10:14 -0700
                Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2014-05-28 19:33 +0200
                Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-28 11:00 -0700
                Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-05-29 12:45 +0000
                Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-29 12:02 -0700
                Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? nachtmann@gmail.com - 2014-05-29 18:50 -0700
  Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2014-05-28 09:55 +0000
  Re: If Emscripten can translate C/C++ via LLVM into JavaScript, could it be possible to use Forth as a compiler target? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2014-05-31 15:06 +0000

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