Re:The ancient world before computers had stacks or heaps
by yongjik on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @04:10PM
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> Have one array grow normally from location#0, and the second array grow backwards from location#End.
Fun fact: Itanium had two stacks, one for manual push/pop and another for cycling through the register file. One stack grew upward, another grew downward. A fascinating architecture, though it never delivered the promised performance.
Fun fact: Itanium had two stacks, one for manual push/pop and another for cycling through the register file. One stack grew upward, another grew downward. A fascinating architecture, though it never delivered the promised performance.