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0 pointsweinzierl8y ago0 comments

No really. WASM is based on a stack machine and not a register machine. On the other hand there was PicoJava [1] and there is Jazelle [2]. So, maybe...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PicoJava

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazelle

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pjmlp8y ago

Stack machines used to be common in mainframe hardware, back in the day.

http://www.retrocomputingtasmania.com/home/projects/burrough...

http://datamuseum.dk/wiki/Rational/R1000s400

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