Obviously instructions can be chosen for efficiency, else we'd all be using the 7 instructions of sectorforth. In fact freeforth has additional instructions for register renaming (to avoid SWAP instructions).
So what's a good set? Most seem to have 25-30 (Mako, Retro, Jones, Stoneknife)
Obviously instructions can be chosen for efficiency, else we'd all be using the 7 instructions of sectorforth. In fact freeforth has additional instructions for register renaming (to avoid SWAP instructions).
So what's a good set? Most seem to have 25-30 (Mako, Retro, Jones, Stoneknife)