[erlang-questions] Design of the Erlang VM
Joel Reymont
joelr1@REDACTED
Wed Aug 8 21:03:46 CEST 2007
On Aug 8, 2007, at 6:26 AM, Bjorn Gustavsson wrote:
> The first word in each instruction points to the executable C code
> for the instruction. That first instruction word is followed by
> zero or more operand words.
Would it be right to say that Erlang VM instructions are C function
calls? This is my understanding of the above.
Is there significant overhead of function call setup per instruction?
Thanks, Joel
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