What stackless programming languages are available?

Question

What stackless programming languages are available?

I know of Stackless Python, but are there any other languages which do not rely on a C stack that can be embedded into other applications?

List of stackless programming languages:

• Stackless Python
• PyPy by climatewarrior
• Lua by Van Gale
• Tcl by Martin Drapeau
• Lisp and Scheme by John Fouhy
• Parrot VM

Answer 1

Lisp or scheme?

There seem to be some references here: http://objectmix.com/compilers/706608-stackless-compilers.html

Answer 2

PyPy is another Python implementation that can be stackless.

Answer 3

TCL 8.6 is also stackless.

Answer 4

Not really sure, but I seem to remember that Lua moved to a register based VM from the traditional stack based VM. Lua is very easy to embed.

I'm not to familiar with the details, though.

Answer 5

There are many stackless languages that can be embedded into other applications. Including:

• Stackless Python
• PyPy
• Lisp
• Scheme
• Tcl
• Lua
• Parrot VM

Answer 6

Stackless Python is not actually stackless. The original implementation was, but maintaining it was cumbersome and the benefits were negligible. The current implementation is as stackbound as standard C Python is.