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by uasm 2347 days ago
Stacks are used extensively across the x86 family [0]

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_calling_conventions
2 comments
tyingq 2347 days ago
"Has a stack" isn't the same as "Has a stack based ISA".
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colejohnson66 2347 days ago
To expand: a Forth machine or similar would be a stack based ISA. Using a stack is a different matters; Pretty much every ISA uses stacks.
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jeltz 2347 days ago
No, stack machine CPUs are pretty obscure things, especially today. See the link below for some examples. All or virtually all modern commercial CPUs are register based.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_machine#Commercial_stack...

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