>>>>> "AK" == Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AK> --- Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>>> "AK" == Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> the designs range from a total code conversion, load and translate >> the zcode into equivilent imcc. this should be the easiest to do as >> you just need to write a code generator for each zcode op. you can >> fake a stack in imcc using a PMC array or someother technique. just >> have all the zcode stack opcodes use the pmc based stack in the >> translation. this could be done in pure perl as well and run >> offline to generate imcc code. this would still run directly on >> parrot but use its existing set of opcodes AK> [Sound of head hitting desk] poor desk!! :) AK> Oh! You're saying that instead of pure perl I could write the AK> disassembler and translator in PASM. I think I've gotten so used AK> to Perl being the best job for translating from one bytestream to AK> another that I never imagined using PASM itself, but of course AK> that's what the aforementioned Befunge & Ook translators do. it could be done either way. AK> Well, that will certainly be more work than doing it in Perl, but OTOH, AK> it'll probably be a great tutorial in PASM. yes, it would. i would do a perl version first just to get it up and running. your idea to write a test game and compile it to a few common op codes sounds reasonable. then you can do a simple zcode to pasm/imcc translator. even if you only get add working, it is a signifigant first step. then you can add ops and work on a native pasm/imcc version if you want. AK> And reading Dan's post, it looks like that's what he's thinking of, AK> too. And since I can't imagine we'll get *three* people to agree on AK> anything, I think I'll start trying to do that. hard to read dan sometimes. :) AK> I'll get back to you in six months or so :) we require weekly status reports with 10 minute granularity on what you are working on. this is standard for all parrot projects. uri belated :-) -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org Damian Conway Class in Boston - Sept 2003 -- http://www.stemsystems.com/class
