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Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack

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Anton Ertl wrote:

> JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> writes:
>>Just a general question: How deep should the R and D stack be?
>>( independent of the Multitasking ), I heard 32 - 128 range should be ok?
> 
> Looking at
> http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/misc/stack-caching-data/
> 
> I see the following stack needs
> 
> compile: >32 (but not by much)
> cross: 31
> gray: >32
> prims2x: >32
> 
> OTOH, Chuck Moore thinks that 6-deep stacks are sufficient.  I guess,
> if the software is written or adapted for a given stack depth, you can
> live with much shallower stacks than for software written for deep
> stacks.

Chuck's cores have very little memory, so only small programs fit into them.  
For these small programs, the 6 elements are probably ok, for somewhat 
larger programs, it's no longer ok.

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Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack mfanyikazi@gmail.com - 2015-03-16 09:30 -0700
  Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com - 2015-03-16 17:13 +0000
    Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack mfanyikazi@gmail.com - 2015-03-17 02:40 -0700
      Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack Jan Coombs <Jan-54 <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com>> - 2015-03-18 01:53 +0000
        Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-03-17 23:21 -0400
  Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2015-03-16 22:24 +0000
    Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-03-17 14:01 -0400
      Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2015-03-17 11:59 -0700
        Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-03-17 16:28 -0400
        Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-03-18 15:30 +0000
          Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-03-18 22:12 +0100
  Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack "Rod Pemberton" <buzz@notnotnontnooatno.cmm> - 2015-03-16 18:57 -0400
    Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack mfanyikazi@gmail.com - 2015-03-17 02:52 -0700
      Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack "Rod Pemberton" <buzz@notnotnontnooatno.cmm> - 2015-03-17 18:03 -0400
      Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-03-18 14:39 +0000
  Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack mfanyikazi@gmail.com - 2015-03-17 02:58 -0700
  Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-03-17 16:48 +0000
  Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-03-18 12:16 +0100
    Re: Is it possible to have the following words (RP@ RP! SP@ SP!) on hardware data and return stack Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2015-03-18 12:43 +0100

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