They still make good targets for anyone getting their feet wet into compiler design and bytecode formats.
With a good macro assembler it is super easy to translate those stack upcodes into good enough Assembly.
It won't win any performance prices, but it will give a sense of acomplishment, and even provide a path for bootstraping, if wanted.
Then the whole SSA generation, register colouring and what not, can come later if the author is then really interested into deep diving into compilers.
With a good macro assembler it is super easy to translate those stack upcodes into good enough Assembly.
It won't win any performance prices, but it will give a sense of acomplishment, and even provide a path for bootstraping, if wanted.
Then the whole SSA generation, register colouring and what not, can come later if the author is then really interested into deep diving into compilers.