Re: guile-vm 0.3

[Keisuke Nishida]

I have updated the guile-vm module in CVS, and now it does not depend
on my new module system at all (I hope).  Could you try it again?

Installation
------------

  % ./autogen.sh
  % configure
  % make
  % su
  # make install
  # ln -s module/{system,language} /usr/local/share/guile/site/

Add the following lines to your ~/.guile:

  (if (string=? (car (command-line)) "guile-vm")
      (begin
        (use-modules (system repl repl))
        (start-repl 'r5rs)
        (quit)))

Example Session
---------------

  % guile-vm
  Standard Scheme (R5RS + syntax-case) interpreter 0.3 on Guile 1.4.1
  Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

  Enter `,help' for help.
  address@hidden> (+ 1 2)
  $1 = 3
  address@hidden> ,c -c (+ 1 2)         ;; Compile into GLIL
  (@asm (0 0 0 0)
    (const 1)
    (const 2)
    (add)
    (return))
  address@hidden> ,c -l (+ 1 2)         ;; Compile into loadable code
     0    make-int8:0             ;; 0
     1    load-program #0
     8    return

  Bytecode #0:

     0    make-int8:1             ;; 1
     1    make-int8 2             ;; 2
     3    add
     4    return

  address@hidden> ,c (+ 1 2)            ;; Compile and disassemble
  Disassembly of #<program 0x810f75b>:

  args = 0  rest = 0  locals = 0

  Bytecode:

     0    make-int8:1             ;; 1
     1    make-int8 2             ;; 2
     3    add
     4    return

  address@hidden> (define (add x y) (+ x y))
  address@hidden> (add 1 2)
  $2 = 3
  address@hidden> ,x add                        ;; Disassemble
  Disassembly of #<program 0x8125f70>:

  args = 2  rest = 0  locals = 0

  Bytecode:

     0    local-ref 1
     2    local-ref:0
     3    add
     4    return

  address@hidden> 

Write Modules
-------------

  ---- fib.scm ---------------------------
  (define-module (fib)
    :use-module (system vm load)
    :export (fib))

  (load/compile "fib.gsm")
  ----------------------------------------

  ---- fib.gsm ---------------------------
  (define (fib n)
    (if (< n 2)
        1
        (+ (fib (- n 1)) (fib (- n 2)))))
  ----------------------------------------

Now, expressions in fib.gsm are automatically compiled and
executed by the Guile VM:

  % guile
  guile> (use-modules (fib))
  guile> (time (fib 30))
  clock utime stime cutime cstime gctime
   2.89  2.88  0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00
  $1 = 1346269
  guile> (define (fib n) (if (< n 2) 1 (+ (fib (- n 1)) (fib (- n 2)))))
  guile> (time (fib 30))
  clock utime stime cutime cstime gctime
  26.05 25.01  0.17   0.00   0.00  14.33
  $2 = 1346269

If you don't want to compile your code (e.g., for debugging purpose),
just change `load/compile' to `load'.