In [[computer science]], a '''stack-based language''' is a [[computer language]] that uses the stack to store intermediate results during computation. [[Forth]] and [[Java programming language|Java]] [[byte-code]] and examples.
A stack-based language tends to be used as intermediate representation of a program during its compilation.
== Example ==
A piece of code to compute the sum of 10 * (20 + 30) would be like:
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push 10 // push 10 onto the stack
push 20 // push 20
push 20 // push 30
add // pop two values from the stack, and push its sum
mul // pop two values from the stack, and push its sum
