Re: Stack vs stackless operation

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 9:08:19 +0000, LIT wrote:

I remain skeptical of such optimizations.  Not even twice the
performance
and the hope it represents a bottle-neck in order to realize that gain.

>
I've got a feeling it would have more
of a significance in 8088 era, say IBM 5150
or XTs. 486 is already "too good" probably
to see as much as 50% gain.
I've got working XT board - if I manage to
get at least FDD interface for that (no,
not today... it'll take some time) I'll
do some more testing.

Save yourself the time: use an emulator eg PCem, DOSBox(X) or QEMU