On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:33:42PM -0400, Bob Rogers wrote: > Do you remember the discussion two years ago [1] about eliminating the > user stack in favor of arrays? Chip made the following comment [2]: > > From: Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: User stack: Worthwhile? > Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:46:42 -0800 > > Is there any other client of the user stack that can't be easily > replaced by some kind of *Array? It'd be nice to lop off such a > low-value feature. > > The response (including yours) was generally in favor of chucking this > vestige of 1960's computer architecture, but nobody took up the mantle. > What is the current thinking on this?
Unless user stack operations are somehow more efficient than Resizable*Array PMCs, I don't see any reason for keeping them around. Pm
