> At least with Intel ix8*, even though one can create a discriptor for
> a (backwards) stack, you would have a hard time using it.
> 'Push' op-codes
> decrement the stack-pointer and 'pop' increments it regardless of
> the characteristics of the stack-selector.
You'd have to do it manually, without those instructions. That's
what you get for using a CISC architecture from who-knows-when.
I'd guess most RISC architectures don't have this problem.
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