* Re: Using the correct terms LAP vs ELisp Bytecode or something else
@ 2017-12-21 16:56 Rocky Bernstein
2017-12-21 18:56 ` [SUSPECTED SPAM] " Stefan Monnier
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From: Rocky Bernstein @ 2017-12-21 16:56 UTC (permalink / raw
To: emacs-devel; +Cc: Stefan Monnier
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Thanks for the information...
On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:50:28 -0500 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
wrote:
>
> > What's the difference between LAP and Elisp Bytecode (if that is the
> right
> > term)?
> > LAP stands for Lisp Assembly Program, so I imagine that refers to the
> text
> > representation.
>
> IIRC, LAP code is represented as a list (or is it a vector?) where each
> instruction is represented by a symbol with some arguments. So it's not
> a textual representation, but it's a "symbolic" representation that's
> fairly easy to manipulate and with many similarities to traditional
> assembly: use of labels instead of actual addresses, use of
> pseudo-instructions (e.g. labels), and things like that.
>
This is the first I am hearing about LAP code being something that is
accessible from Lisp. Where are packages that work with LAP?
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