[erlang-questions] Question about the VM

[Samuel Barney]

I did look at targeting Core Erlang first, but it doesn't allow for native
loops. I could emulate them with function calls, however, if I move down to
the assembly level I can build loops with what is provided there.

Thank you for the information, I'll do some more searching to see what I
can find.

Respectfully,
Samuel Barney

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 4:40 AM, Anthony Ramine <n.oxyde@REDACTED> wrote:

> Did you try targeting Core Erlang first? Which primitives do you want to
> access in BEAM?
>
> There are 1024 X registers, and Y registers are used for locals in
> functions, to save them when calling other functions.
>
> You can find such information by reading the source code or various talk
> slides made by the OTP team these last years, but I can't help you find the
> links right now.
>
> Regards,
>
> Le 24 sept. 2014 à 04:40, Samuel Barney <samjbarney@REDACTED> a écrit :
>
> > I'm developing a language on top of the Erlang VM, and there are a
> couple of flow-control constructs that I can't implement without skipping
> the Erlang AST and using the erlang assembly code.
> >
> > Is there a specific amount of X and Y registers? Or is there a way that
> I can find that out via Erlang?
> >
> > Also, what is the purpose of the Y registers?
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