This is a scanned copy reprint of the most comprehensive book on stack computers, originally published in 1989. This version... More > is compressed to be compact, and is primarily intended for on-line viewing. If you want a nice printed copy, please see the 20th Anniversary Edition instead.

The author commences with an overview of how stacks are used in computing, and a taxonomy of hardware stack support which includes a survey of approximately 70 stack machines. Detailed descriptions, including block diagrams and instruction set summaries, are given for seven stack processors from Harris Semiconductor, Novix, Johns Hopkins University/APL, MISC, WISC Technologies, and Wright State University. Major topics covered also include architectural analysis of stack machines, software issues, application areas, and potential for future development. < Less

This is a reprint of the most comprehensive book on stack computers, originally published in 1989. The author commences with... More > an overview of how stacks are used in computing, and a taxonomy of hardware stack support which includes a survey of approximately 70 stack machines. Detailed descriptions, including block diagrams and instruction set summaries, are given for seven stack processors from Harris Semiconductor, Novix, Johns Hopkins University/APL, MISC, WISC Technologies, and Wright State University. Major topics covered also include architectural analysis of stack machines, software issues, application areas, and potential for future development. (This 20th anniversary reprint was scanned from an original book at 600 dpi.) < Less

This is a scanned copy reprint of the most comprehensive book on stack computers, originally published in 1989. This version... More > is compressed to be compact, and is primarily intended for on-line viewing. If you want a nice printed copy, please see the 20th Anniversary Edition instead.

The author commences with an overview of how stacks are used in computing, and a taxonomy of hardware stack support which includes a survey of approximately 70 stack machines. Detailed descriptions, including block diagrams and instruction set summaries, are given for seven stack processors from Harris Semiconductor, Novix, Johns Hopkins University/APL, MISC, WISC Technologies, and Wright State University. Major topics covered also include architectural analysis of stack machines, software issues, application areas, and potential for future development. < Less

This is a reprint of the most comprehensive book on stack computers, originally published in 1989.

The author commences... More > with an overview of how stacks are used in computing, and a taxonomy of hardware stack support which includes a survey of approximately 70 stack machines. Detailed descriptions, including block diagrams and instruction set summaries, are given for seven stack processors from Harris Semiconductor, Novix, Johns Hopkins University/APL, MISC, WISC Technologies, and Wright State University. Major topics covered also include architectural analysis of stack machines, software issues, application areas, and potential for future development.

(This 20th anniversary reprint was scanned from an original book at 600 dpi.) < Less