From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What's the spec for emacs lisp virtual machine ? Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:13:53 -0400 Message-ID: <8763065df2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279905259 16294 80.91.229.12 (23 Jul 2010 17:14:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:14:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ams@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Fren Zeee Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 23 19:14:16 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcLp9-0002ee-V3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:14:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38925 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OcLp9-0004SD-E0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:14:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59342 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OcLp2-0004S6-Vp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:14:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcLp1-0008Pk-TJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:14:08 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po18.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.74]:46903) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcLp1-0008PW-Rj; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:14:07 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014221.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po18.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o6NHDrvl030499 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2772AC013; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:13:53 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Fren Zeee's message of "Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:18:48 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:127710 Archived-At: Fren Zeee writes: > I have looked at some header and C files on the savannah site, not this one. > > I am waiting for a reply from the group and RMS on the earliest > sources which were probably smaller also, like 13 to 16.56 which might > be simpler for this newbie. > > What type of scanner does the Lisp parser and interpreter use ? Is it > listed ? Is there a FSM state transition table drawn ? >From Emacs, do `C-h f read' `C-h f eval' and follow the sources. I don't think it's profitable to look at early versions of Emacs; that's a wild goose chase. The fact that the sources are bigger now than in earlier versions is irrelevant, if you're only going to be looking at the Lisp reader and interpreter.