Re: When/why did function calls get cheap?

Arthur Chance <{spamtrap}@qeng-ho.org>
24 Feb 2003 13:49:29 -0500

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From: Arthur Chance <{spamtrap}@qeng-ho.org>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 24 Feb 2003 13:49:29 -0500
Organization: Rare
References: 03-02-073 03-02-101
Keywords: architecture
Posted-Date: 24 Feb 2003 13:49:29 EST

Peter Finderup Lund <firefly@diku.dk> writes:
> The implementations of the ISAs has also improved: many provide an
> internal, hidden return stack so all calls and returns are correctly
> predicted (unless you try to play tricks and don't match them up).


Wouldn't this foul up continuation passing style compilation
techniques? Which ISAs do you have in mind?


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