Re: How efficient are locals? How portable?

From	Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: How efficient are locals? How portable?
Date	2015-04-13 19:25 -0700
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rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
> For those less familiar with the internals of how locals work could
> someone give me the nickel tour?
> I would have thought they could be addressed while on the stack, but I
> suppose they would be in the way of normal use of the stack.  ...
> So how dem do dat?

Gforth puts them on a separate locals stack, so they can have multiple
types of data such as floating point.  Some other implementations put
them in the return stack.  In both cases there's the need to clean up
when the function exits.

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How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-11 01:16 -0700
  Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-04-11 15:56 +0000
    Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-11 15:48 -0700
      Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-11 17:43 -0700
      Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-04-14 18:40 +1000
      Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? empty-buffers <empty.buffersYOU-DONT-WANT-THIS@gmail.NEITHER-THIS.com> - 2015-04-22 19:23 +0000
        Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-22 13:28 -0700
          Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? empty-buffers <empty.buffersYOU-DONT-WANT-THIS@gmail.NEITHER-THIS.com> - 2015-04-22 22:29 +0000
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-22 16:01 -0700
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? empty-buffers <empty.buffersYOU-DONT-WANT-THIS@gmail.NEITHER-THIS.com> - 2015-04-22 23:20 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 00:28 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 02:30 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-23 09:57 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-23 11:28 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 09:31 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-23 13:32 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 10:56 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 11:12 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-04-23 22:44 +0200
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 23:24 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-24 09:21 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-24 11:44 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-24 08:35 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-24 15:40 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? mhx@iae.nl - 2015-04-24 10:28 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-24 17:43 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? mhx@iae.nl - 2015-04-24 22:44 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? empty-buffers <empty.buffersYOU-DONT-WANT-THIS@gmail.NEITHER-THIS.com> - 2015-04-24 15:00 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-24 09:07 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 07:30 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 11:02 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-23 16:30 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 09:38 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-24 15:57 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? empty-buffers <empty.buffersYOU-DONT-WANT-THIS@gmail.NEITHER-THIS.com> - 2015-04-24 15:14 +0000
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 06:58 -0400
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-04-23 14:47 +0200
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-04-23 08:34 -1000
  Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-13 12:32 +0000
    Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-04-13 21:57 -0400
      Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-13 19:25 -0700
      Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-04-14 01:43 -0700
        Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-04-14 01:45 -0700
          Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-14 10:12 -0700
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-04-14 13:09 -0700
        Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-15 14:18 -0700
          Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-15 22:13 -0700
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-15 23:14 -0700
          Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 01:12 -0700
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 01:23 -0700
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 14:28 -0400
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 14:37 -0400
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 04:43 -0700
      Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-14 14:53 +0000
  Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 00:34 -0700
    Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 00:54 -0700
      Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 01:07 -0700
      Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-16 12:22 +0000
        Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-16 08:32 -0700
          Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-16 20:42 -0700
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 00:14 -0400
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-16 22:14 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Bernd Linsel <bl1@gmx.com> - 2015-04-17 17:43 +0200
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-17 20:46 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-18 06:54 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-18 06:52 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-18 22:14 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-19 08:46 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-19 06:04 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-19 10:12 +0000
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-19 10:43 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-19 16:28 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2015-04-19 15:35 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-19 19:14 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-19 16:48 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-20 09:51 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-20 06:27 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-20 13:04 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-20 14:09 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 07:17 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-21 16:50 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 16:35 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-22 06:13 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-22 06:23 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-21 17:18 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 16:38 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-22 10:12 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-22 06:26 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-04-20 08:46 -1000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-20 23:02 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 06:35 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 06:41 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-20 10:22 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2015-04-20 23:28 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-21 11:03 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2015-04-21 07:20 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-22 15:35 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? franck.bensusan@gmail.com - 2015-04-23 10:55 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-24 07:15 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Bernd Linsel <bl1@gmx.com> - 2015-04-20 17:52 +0200
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-20 09:03 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-04-22 08:33 +0200
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-22 02:20 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-04-22 11:35 +0200
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-20 17:50 +0000
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 01:45 -0700
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 02:37 -0700
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-17 10:14 +0000
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-17 10:18 +0000
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-17 09:38 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-17 21:25 +0100
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-18 07:51 +0000
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-19 08:45 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-04-19 16:24 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-19 09:58 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-19 19:00 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-19 12:27 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2015-04-19 19:42 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-19 13:49 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-20 09:39 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-19 17:59 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-19 16:39 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-20 04:58 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-20 08:52 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-20 18:04 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-20 19:05 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-24 10:06 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-24 19:18 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-24 11:43 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-24 22:03 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-26 20:05 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-26 21:05 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-26 15:08 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-27 00:17 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-27 03:55 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-04-26 22:25 -1000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-29 08:53 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-29 09:35 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? mhx@iae.nl - 2015-04-29 10:14 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-04-29 09:00 -1000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-29 13:22 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-05-10 22:50 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-05-10 22:53 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Rod Pemberton" <bork@lllljunkqwer.cpm> - 2015-04-26 23:04 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-26 20:51 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-27 09:38 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-27 23:18 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Rod Pemberton" <bork@lllljunkqwer.cpm> - 2015-04-28 03:19 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-27 12:33 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-27 23:31 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-28 08:07 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-04-28 10:20 +0200
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-04-28 12:17 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-04-28 14:04 +0200
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2015-04-28 14:49 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-04-28 22:56 +0100
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-20 23:22 -0700
        Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 13:44 -0700
          Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-04-18 00:31 +0200
          Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-18 14:22 +0000
            Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-18 22:51 -0700
              Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-19 01:25 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2015-04-19 21:12 +0200
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-19 12:56 -0700
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> - 2015-04-19 17:53 -0400
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-04-20 11:59 +0000
                Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-04-27 00:33 +0000
          Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-04-19 08:31 -0700
  Re: How efficient are locals? How portable? lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2015-04-30 02:35 -0700

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