3rd year project

Per buck you get more computing action with the small computer.

-- R.W. Hamming

Sections

• Project abstract
• Specification
• Analysis: Language usage
• Analysis: Bytecode design
  • A study of existing bytecode languages
    • ZCode
    • Moscow ML/Caml Light
  • Virtual Machine design
  • Bytecode instruction set
    • Arithmetic instructions
    • Memory operations
    • Stack operations
    • Branch operations
    • Routine operations
    • Miscellaneous operations
  • Bytecode encoding
• Analysis: High-level language design
• Analysis: Bytecode interpreter design
• Analysis: Compiler design
• Appendix A - Language Grammar
• Bibliography
• Glossary

Links

• The Z-Machine Standards Document
• The Lightweight & Efficient Application Protocol ('LEAP'). A datagram protocol designed for mobile devices. Unlike WAP, this protocol is part of the IETF standards track (RFCs 2188 and 2524). Further details are also available here.