> On 7 February 2011 12:28, Krishsmalltalk
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>> StackToRegisterMappingCogit maps values to machine registers when generating
>> code,
>> while stack-based one uses stack for everything.
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>> Guess that is what is meant..
>> Register based vms like Parrot will offer more info... As to motivation for
>> this mapping
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> a motivation is simple: speed.
> Access to CPU registers usually 2-5 orders of magnitude faster than
> memory access.
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>> On Feb 7, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Igor Stasenko<[hidden email]>  wrote:
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>> On 7 February 2011 09:12, Francois Stephany<[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
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>> Hi Eliot,
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>> Probably a stupid question but what's the difference between
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>> SimpleStackBasedCogit and c?
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>> SimpleStackBasedCogit maps values to machine registers when generating code,
>> while stack-based one uses stack for everything.
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>>      new Cog VMs are available, SimpleStackBasedCogit @
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>> http://www.mirandabanda.org/files/Cog/VM/VM.r2359/ and
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>> StackToRegisterMappingCogit @
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>> http://www.mirandabanda.org/files/Cog/VM/VM.r2361.  I think the new code
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>> generator is ready for prime time now.  I fixed a number of bugs over
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>> the past three weeks and we're now using the StackToRegisterMappingCogit
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>> internally at Teleplace.
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>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
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