ElChino <elch...@cnn.cn> writes: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> CPython is a stack-based interpreter, which means it loads values onto >> an (invisible) internal stack, processes values at the top of the >> stack, and removes them when it's done. > > Is this similar to how Lua operates too?
No. Lua uses a register-based (virtual) machine. See https://www.lua.org/doc/jucs05.pdf I think Lua was the first language in widespread use to move to a register-based machine. -- Alain. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
