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| author | Aryadev Chavali <aryadev@aryadevchavali.com> | 2023-11-03 08:14:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Aryadev Chavali <aryadev@aryadevchavali.com> | 2023-11-03 08:14:47 +0000 |
| commit | 1d4817eb82f39589f4648af32aa5143263873c39 (patch) | |
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Started work on spec for data storage types in VM
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@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ others. Bytecode files are byte sequence which encode instructions for the virtual machine. Any instruction (even with an operand) has one and only one byte sequence associated with it. +* TODO Storage +Two types of storage: ++ Data stack which all core VM routines manipulate and work on (FIFO) ++ Register space which is generally reserved for user space code + i.e. other than ~mov~ no other core VM routine manipulates the + registers +* TODO Assembler conventions +The standard library is allowed to use the first 8 words (64 bytes) of +register space without regard to user applications, so it's +recommended to use register space from the 9th (72nd bit) word onwards +for user applications if standard library is to be used. * Footnotes [fn:2] ~NOOP~, ~HALT~, ~MDELETE~, ~MSIZE~, ~JUMP_*~ |