Comments on: Reapplying the Decal: Know your materials http://www.archgrove.co.uk/weblog/2005/08/12/reapplying-the-decal-know-your-materials Implicit Definition Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:52:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam Wright http://www.archgrove.co.uk/weblog/2005/08/12/reapplying-the-decal-know-your-materials/comment-page-1#comment-423 Adam Wright Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:47:09 +0000 http://www.archgrove.co.uk/weblog/2005/08/12/reapplying-the-decal-know-your-materials#comment-423 Yay! Another pretty much perfect answer. I guess my question was a bit ambiguous as x86 is not a register machine in the mathematical sense, but the instruction set design is optimised for register use over a purely stack based approach. As for commonly used stack VM's, I was indeed hoping to see Sun's Java and then Microsoft's CLR. I'll probably write an annex piece about MSIL (the assembly language that the CLR takes) one day, as it makes for a much more easily understood introduction to G1 languages (though I suppose it would be more G1.5). I tip my hat sir! Yay! Another pretty much perfect answer. I guess my question was a bit ambiguous as x86 is not a register machine in the mathematical sense, but the instruction set design is optimised for register use over a purely stack based approach. As for commonly used stack VM’s, I was indeed hoping to see Sun’s Java and then Microsoft’s CLR.

I’ll probably write an annex piece about MSIL (the assembly language that the CLR takes) one day, as it makes for a much more easily understood introduction to G1 languages (though I suppose it would be more G1.5).

I tip my hat sir!

]]> By: Eddie Williams http://www.archgrove.co.uk/weblog/2005/08/12/reapplying-the-decal-know-your-materials/comment-page-1#comment-420 Eddie Williams Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:25:03 +0000 http://www.archgrove.co.uk/weblog/2005/08/12/reapplying-the-decal-know-your-materials#comment-420 I would think that register passing is the alternative, but I'm not a great student of x86. I know Java is purely stack-based. And your hint leads me to believe that the other answer is Microsoft's Common Runtime Langugage thing; but that's a wild guess. I would think that register passing is the alternative, but I’m not a great student of x86.

I know Java is purely stack-based. And your hint leads me to believe that the other answer is Microsoft’s Common Runtime Langugage thing; but that’s a wild guess.

]]> By: Adam Wright http://www.archgrove.co.uk/weblog/2005/08/12/reapplying-the-decal-know-your-materials/comment-page-1#comment-418 Adam Wright Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:01:55 +0000 http://www.archgrove.co.uk/weblog/2005/08/12/reapplying-the-decal-know-your-materials#comment-418 Sorry for putting out another long read so shortly after the previous one, but I'm off out this evening and this "memlocs" series has gone on rather longer than I thought. I'll make up for it with a more easily accessible read after the last part. Sorry for putting out another long read so shortly after the previous one, but I’m off out this evening and this “memlocs” series has gone on rather longer than I thought. I’ll make up for it with a more easily accessible read after the last part.

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