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8087 had an 8 level stack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8087#Registers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8087#Registers
by mzs 7y ago
8087 had an 8 level stack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8087#Registers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8087#Registers
- enriquto 7y ago> 8087 had an 8 level stack Why "had"? The x87 instructions are alive and well in modern intel processors. You can also generate code for them (for example, if you use "long double" in C) with all major compilers.