Re: Register Based Interpreter Model

Kurt Jung <kurt-gmane@oakadaptive.com>
2 Nov 2005 22:11:27 -0500

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From: Kurt Jung <kurt-gmane@oakadaptive.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 2 Nov 2005 22:11:27 -0500
Organization: Oak Adaptive
References: 05-11-016
Keywords: VM
Posted-Date: 02 Nov 2005 22:11:27 EST

"Avatar" <acampbellb@hotmail.com> wrote in
> I would like to know if anyone has had any practical experience
> with register-based interpreters or has any good suggestions for
> references about this topic?


You may wish to read Appendix D (Abstract Machine design and
reference) of the Implementor's Guide for the scripting language
Pawn. You can obtain a copy at


    http://www.compuphase.com/pawn/pawn-imp.pdf


The author demonstrates with examples how register-based
interpreters are more readily optimized than stack-based
interpreters.


The author lists Lua as a stack-based interpreter, but since
version 5.0, Lua is register-based.


--
Kurt Jung



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