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Re:Register-based VMs have a higher performance than stack-b... by transfire on Sunday December 11, 2016 @08:06PM (#13154692)
I should imagine implementing a register-based VM on a register-based CPU is going to have some advantages over a stack-based VM implemented on a register-based CPU. I wonder how well a register-based VM would fair on a stack-based CPU.
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Re:Register-based VMs have a higher performance than stack-b... by shincert on Sunday December 11, 2016 @08:16PM (#13154746)
That's interesting. Are there any actual stack-based CPUs out there today?
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Re:Register-based VMs have a higher performance than stack-b... by NonEUCitizen on Sunday December 11, 2016 @09:01PM (#13154956)
http://www.excamera.com/sphinx/fpga-j1.html
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Re:Register-based VMs have a higher performance than stack-b... by frjalex on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:31PM (#13171265)
That's fascinating. Would love to see what performance such thing can actually perform.
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Re:Register-based VMs have a higher performance than stack-b... by bogomipz on Sunday December 11, 2016 @10:02PM (#13155176)
>"I should imagine implementing a register-based VM on a register-based CPU is going to have some advantages over a stack-based VM implemented on a register-based CPU."

Can you elaborate why is that? What would those advantages be in practical terms?

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