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Conclusion

A processor architecture has been presented, which significantly speeds up the execution of functional programs. This is mainly due to the enhanced stack architecture, which is a combination of a stack system and variable sized register windows. The tagged architecture supports the execution of ``standard'' programs without restricting the set of valid programs.

A VLSI implementation of this architecture could even beat many RISC processors due to the efficient usage of the available registers.