Re: Juggling system-compilation items

On 12/08/2024 10:45, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:

In article<v9bdpm$2sbsi$1@dont-email.me>,
Gerry Jackson<do-not-use@swldwa.uk>  wrote:

ISTM that using the data stack to hold the control stack is an
anachronism that was used in early Forth systems because of the limited
amount of memory available. I also think that the system should not get
in the way of user programs as putting control stack data on the data
stack certainly does.

It alleviates restriction. Marcel Hendrix hated the restrictions of
R> >R and added the socalled "system stack" S> >S that can be used
over definitions. The disadvantage is of course that there are more
regions of memory that you have to keep track of.
I think that added complexity is a more important consideration as
memory usage. The more stacks you have and the more stack items
you keep in registers, the more difficult e.g. task switching becomes.

As use of a control stack is during compilation, speed is not too important so why would register(s) be used for it?
--
Gerry