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From: zbigniew2011@gmail.com (LIT)
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Subject: Re: Stack vs stackless operation
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:57:28 +0000
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>  > I wonder: wouldn't it be useful to have stackless basic
>  > arith operations? I mean instead of fetching the values
>  > first and putting them on the stack, then doing something,
>  > and in the end storing the result somewhere wouldn't it
>  > be practical to use directly the variables?
> No. Because you should minimize the use of variables. So if you're using
> THREE variables, you're definitely doing something VERY WRONG.
>
> If you wanna write Forth, write Forth. If you wanna write C, write C.
> If you can't handle a stack, you're definitely a C programmer. It's very
> simple..

Forgive me for being contrary, but IMHO use of locals
is much more C-ish than the use of "as many as" three
(OMG!) variables in a single program. ;)

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