Re: looking for register VMs

ralph@inputplus.co.uk (Ralph Corderoy)
3 Feb 2005 22:42:34 -0500

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From:	ralph@inputplus.co.uk (Ralph Corderoy)
Newsgroups:	comp.compilers
Date:	3 Feb 2005 22:42:34 -0500
Organization:	Compilers Central
References:	05-01-101
Keywords:	VM
Posted-Date:	03 Feb 2005 22:42:34 EST

Hi Christian,

> Are there other examples of well designed register VMs? Is there any
> attempt to map some virtual registers to hardware registers?

Look at Bell Labs' Inferno OS. It's runs on a register-based VM.
I expect someone from Vita Nuova reads this newsgroup and can explain
more.

        http://www.vitanuova.com/
        http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/papers/dis.html
        http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/papers/hotchips.html

The HTML formatting isn't great. You'd be better off looking for the
original PS/PDF.

Cheers,

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