[gwu78]

"I suggest compiler writers stop viewing the x86 stack as a twisted version of a traditional 8-register set."

What if compiler writers will not fix the problem?

Write own register allocator: http://cr.yp.to/qhasm.html

Bonus: allow use of a "portable assembly language" to generate assembly, being respectful of the fact that users might not all be using computers with the same CPU architecture.

This could be like assembler with C-like operators and structure.

In addtion to facilitating portability it might also make writing in assembler a little easier.

Reminds me of Bell Labs' LIL: http://www.ultimate.com/phil/lil/tut.html