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LICENSE

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 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2022 Paul Malcher
+Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 

README.md

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 # vmbc
 
-A bytecode compiler and VM. Based on very old code thats been dusted off.
+A bytecode compiler and VM. Based on very old code thats been dusted off. I'm not sure exactly what I will use this for just yet, but it is interesting to dabble with this again. 
 
 # Notes
 
-This program is written in PureBasic and will require it to be compiled from source. Currently, this is more of a proof of concept type thing and I'll figure out how to make this even better. I'm not sure what its current encarnation will be used for however, that remains to be seen for now. Please note there are two branches for this the main one and then dev. You will need to specifically checkout dev if you want to play around with the code.
+This program is written in PureBasic and will require it to be compiled from source. Currently, this is more of a proof of concept type thing and I'll figure out how to make this even better. I'm not sure what its current encarnation will be used for however, that remains to be seen for now.

vm.pb

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+; vm
+
+Structure opi
+code.l
+args.s
+EndStructure
+
+; In theory this is a byte code interpreter
+; Also mad science and may not work
+
+
+Procedure writeblock (fid, *opco.opi)
+; used by compile to write compiled code to file
+  WriteByte(fid, *opco\code)
+  WriteLong(fid, MemorySize(@*opco\args));Len(*opco\args))
+  WriteData(fid, @*opco\args, MemorySize(@*opco\args));Len(*opco\args)*2) using memorysize to make it work over a decade later because unicode
+  
+EndProcedure
+
+Procedure readblock (fid, *opci.opi)
+; should not need to be explained
+  *opci\code = ReadByte(fid)
+  *opci\args = Space(ReadLong(fid))
+  ReadData(fid, @*opci\args, Len(*opci\args))
+  
+EndProcedure
+
+;for demo purposes we hard wire the code
+
+opcobj.opi\code = $01
+opcobj.opi\args = "Bacon ipsum dolor amet beef kevin turducken pork loin, jerky short loin sirloin alcatra doner."
+
+; now write bytecode to file
+
+OpenFile(0,"test.byc")
+
+Debug("Before write " + Loc(0))
+
+writeblock(0, opcobj)
+Debug("After write " + Loc(0))
+
+opcobjj.opi\code = $02
+opcobjj.opi\args = "Hamburger pork chop pork, t-bone buffalo shank biltong fatback ham. Tail pork porchetta cupim, tenderloin jowl bacon bresaola alcatra strip steak andouille short ribs flank spare ribs chislic."
+
+writeblock(0, opcobjj)
+
+Debug("After write 2 " + Loc(0))
+
+CloseFile(0)
+
+; now read
+
+OpenFile(1,"test.byc")
+
+Debug("Before read " + Loc(1))
+
+readblock(1, opcoobj.opi)
+
+Debug("After read " + Loc(1))
+
+readblock(1, opcoobjj.opi)
+
+Debug("After read2 " + Loc(1))
+
+CloseFile(1)
+
+;run
+
+Select opcoobj\code
+
+  Case  $01 : MessageRequester("ouput",opcoobj\args)
+    
+EndSelect
+
+;Debug(opcoobjj\args)
+
+Select opcoobjj\code
+
+  Case  $02: MessageRequester("ouput",opcoobjj\args)
+    
+  Default
+    MessageRequester("ouput",opcoobjj\args)
+
+EndSelect
+; IDE Options = PureBasic 6.00 LTS (Linux - x64)
+; CursorPosition = 42
+; FirstLine = 11
+; Folding = -
+; EnableXP
+; Executable = vm

vm2.pb

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+; vm
+
+Structure opi
+code.l
+args.s
+dat.s
+EndStructure
+
+; In theory this is a byte code interpreter
+; Also mad science and may not work
+
+
+Procedure writeblock (fid, *opco.opi)
+; used by compile to write compiled code to file
+  WriteByte(fid, *opco\code)
+  WriteLong(fid, Len(*opco\args))
+  WriteData(fid, @*opco\args, MemorySize(@*opco\args))
+  WriteLong(fid, Len(*opco\dat))
+  WriteData(fid, @*opco\dat, MemorySize(@*opco\dat))
+  
+EndProcedure
+
+Procedure readblock (fid, *opci.opi)
+; should not need to be explained
+  *opci\code = ReadByte(fid)
+  *opci\args = Space(ReadLong(fid))
+  ReadData(fid, @*opci\args, MemorySize(@*opci\args))
+  *opci\dat = Space(ReadLong(fid))
+  ReadData(fid, @*opci\dat, MemorySize(@*opci\dat))
+EndProcedure
+
+;for demo purposes we hard wire the code
+
+opcobj.opi\code = $01
+opcobj.opi\args = "Hi world"
+opcobj.opi\dat = "Bye world!"
+
+; now write bytecode to file
+
+OpenFile(0,"test.byc")
+writeblock(0, opcobj)
+CloseFile(0)
+
+; now read
+
+OpenFile(1,"test.byc")
+readblock(1, opcoobj.opi)
+CloseFile(1)
+
+;run
+
+Select opcoobj\code
+
+Case  $01 : MessageRequester("ouput",opcoobj\dat)
+
+EndSelect
+; IDE Options = PureBasic 6.00 LTS (Linux - x64)
+; CursorPosition = 35
+; Folding = -
+; EnableXP