Yes, but even with the most meticulously hand coded assembly, a canonical stack machine will starve the ALU ~1/3 of the time. Better to code however is the mos

Yes, but even with the most meticulously hand coded assembly, a canonical stack machine will starve the ALU ~1/3 of the time. Better to code however is the most efficient at the top level, implement the HW however is the most efficient at the bottom level, and automate the middle ground.