[MLton-devel] Re: HiPE/x86 Erlang compiler paper

[Stephen Weeks]

> In principle, yes, we could grow in the other direction.  The x86-backend
> was developed after the C-backend was well established and initially we
> wanted to remain compatible with the runtime and garbage collector.  Steve
> can probably answer why the original C-backend chose to grow the stack in
> that direction.

Sadly, there is no good reason.  It would probably be less than a
day's work to switch stacks to grow the other way.

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